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Resolved Question

CPU overheating

Feb 20, 2018 1:39PM PST

So my CPU is overheating for no reason. It has no stress on it (using around 30%) All the fans a clean. I'm using a small water cooling system and recently had the thermal compound replaced. The water cooling system is working as far as i can tell? but my knowledge of that is super limited. It's on and making noise is all i can tell.

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Clarification Request
How do you know
Feb 20, 2018 1:51PM PST

it's overheating ? Confused

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How i know
Feb 20, 2018 1:55PM PST

I have thermal monitoring on the cpu the gpu and the motherboard. the cpu is the only thing overheating

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If a desktop...
Feb 20, 2018 2:02PM PST

Take the side off and point a fan at it to prove overheating. Temp monitors aren't that reliable.
Dafydd.

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Clarification Request
What is it?
Feb 20, 2018 4:01PM PST

Some CPUs are just HOT mustards. My wife's laptop has a 1st gen i7 and will scorch your lap.

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Clarification Request
Was it running hot
Feb 20, 2018 4:25PM PST

before you replaced the thermal paste ? Same temps?
There must be a reason why you're concern ?

Post was last edited on February 20, 2018 4:29 PM PST

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Frame rate drops
Feb 20, 2018 5:34PM PST

The reason i replaced the thermal paste was because of the overheating. I was hoping for a non-expensive fix *sigh*. But it is overheated to the point where the computer can't function. I noticed when i started getting crazy frame rate drops (like unplayable) and when i restart my computer it gives me a cpu over temp error. Then that night the same thing started happening while i was just watching a movie. The computer slowed down to the point of absurdity and the same error message when i tried to restart again.

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to clarify
Feb 20, 2018 5:38PM PST

This was all before i replaced the thermal paste.

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Aha! So now we know that !
Feb 20, 2018 6:44PM PST

The Pro's will need more info like a Speccy , without more info it becomes a guessing game ....

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I wonder if
Feb 21, 2018 10:21PM PST

You have that CPU Overclocked ?
Do You?

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(NT) Nope
Feb 22, 2018 12:23AM PST

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SOLVED
Feb 22, 2018 5:59PM PST

So it turns out it was a problem with my water cooling system. I'm gonna have it replaced with an air cooler and that should fix it for now. Hopefully my cpu isn't to damaged. If i do need to replace it....well cross that bridge when i come to it.

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Maybe too late...
Feb 21, 2018 10:54AM PST

if you had the cooling setup prior to the problem and not its become apparent, cooling has been compromised. Even, with the present re-pasting of cpu, you need a better cooling setup. On top of that as I stated it maybe too late. Once compromised its already prone to wreak havoc as its done in just hasn't fully failed yet. In other words, its already at a weaken state. Also, keeping the cpu itself after installing newer cooling setup of a far better apparatus could help but maybe not for long. Then you need to replace the cpu. Which is why at a lower cooling state it still reacts as being too much. Alas, as others stated some monitoring s/w would be less than desirable at times, they don't as well as wanted. Also, if you have it check your bios for heat monitoring to and what does that report. Follow the other suggestions and report back.

tada -----Willy Happy

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So I gave up and took it into the shop.
Feb 22, 2018 12:30AM PST

Yeah at this point it looks like the repair is not going to be easy or cheap. As much as computers are a hobby of mine at some point I start feeling like I'm more likely to break something else than fix it....Or spend a hundred dollars on a new cooling system that fixes nothing...or.... So I finally took it into a repair place to have it looked at. If nothing else they can tell me what's wrong with it. (hopefully....assuming they know what their doing.)

But if they can fix it it will still be cheaper than a building a new computer.

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Gaming results
Feb 22, 2018 1:04PM PST

In later posts, you mentioned "framing issues", thus I suspect you're a gamer. While, I realize you'll want the cheapest fix, sometimes you hit the wall. Gamers like to push the limits and if anything is compromised due to lack of attention to details or sub-par build you get the end result, it breaks. In other words, as a gamer, you whittle the uptime of use as demands are at the extreme ends even if you don't realize it. Thus, I suggest, getting the best cooling setup you can afford and/or check into wjat other have done in cooling. You'll see an extraordinarily application of cooling to include better case, added fans, exhausts, and/or wiring routing. good luck.

tada -----Willy Happy

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Water cooler
Feb 22, 2018 1:58PM PST

So i just got the call and turns out the all the water in the water cooling system evaporated...... that would defiantly cause a problem.

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definitely....
Feb 22, 2018 1:59PM PST

Why does this not let you edit

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You can edit...
Feb 22, 2018 2:07PM PST

just look closer. The member edit was recently introduced.
Dafydd.