Computer over heating

CanadianPanda · Post by **CanadianPanda** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:06 pm

Alrighty Folks heres the specs and then ill explain the question or problem

Specs
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Intel Pentium 4 Processor 650+ 3.40 GHz 800 MHZ FSB 2 MB L2 Cache
Asrock LGA 775 Dual-Vista
420 watt PSU
NZXT Zero series case (7- 120 MM Woot!)
Ati radeon All in Wonder X800 XT
1 - 250 gigabyte Maxtor HD
1- 320 Gigabyte Western Digital HD
1 - DVD Burner
MASSCOOL 8WA741 92mm Ball CPU Cooler
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Problem : My PC was running between 34 and 37 degrees C
recently running into the 40 's
I play H2Vista for bout 30 min as im getting ready to quit i get the blue screen of death and computer restarts i go into bios my temps are hitting 47 C i shut down go blow out all the dust and stuff with air compressor I turn my computer back on go in to bios i got a nice 33 C wait a minute it increases to 42 C I'm not sure what is wrong if you have any suggestions let me know . Please

Possibly heat sink but not sure if anyone knows of a good temp monitoring program let me know !

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:42 pm

Anything up to 50 degrees Centigrade is still acceptable on CPU temperatures. Acceptable GPU temperatures run higher. If that's your ambient case temperature, then something's wrong.

Even though it seems like it should be fine, check to see if your fans are running correctly, the airflow is going in a uniform direction with all of your fans, and actually check how many fans you DO have.
You either want your case fan to pull air from the inside of the case with the CPU fan pulling air from the CPU into the case area, or the case fan sucking air in, and the CPU fan pushing air from the case onto your CPU.
I myself have never seen a significant difference.

Oh, and make sure your case is well ventilated...like, no cords hanging around in the middle blocking airflow, and nothing is covering up ventilation holes on the outside.

CanadianPanda · Post by **CanadianPanda** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:42 am

Thanks man i just figured out my problem from moving my PC in a car one of my heatsink fans screws were lose that would have been bad

I tightened my screw and the temps max out at 37C and sit at 32 C when idle ! i have 5 - 120 mm intake fans i have an 80mm on top its exsaust i have 2 120mm exsaust fans and then all the fans on power suply and heat sink . I like this case alot .. mother board sits at 27 c

Panda

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:37 am

My computer used to run hot (About 65C), then I got a 250GB IDE, and dropped 3 of my SCSI's, case temperature dropped about 30C. I was pretty impressed.

Also, nice that you got your temperature fixed. I was surprised when you said it was over-heating at about 47C.

CanadianPanda · Post by **CanadianPanda** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:36 pm

Ya i was surprised to it was strange and thanks ... i guess it hit a little high er but must of cooled before i was able to truelly check. but anyways atleast its working now i just gotta go find a tutorial for editing projectiles in H2Vista