[FIXED] Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

World of Warcraft keeps crashing out and I removed all of the addons to make sure it wasn't one of them causing it, after that I checked the temperature on crashing with Speedfan and it was alarmingly high (74 degrees C for the CPU) so I ran Prime95 to prove that it was temperatures causing the problems and I got this:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2008/09/52.jpg

OK the CPU temperature is high, but what is getting up to 90!? - The North Bridge? (NB Heatsink feels rather warm to the touch)

Cheers

Graham

Re: Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

What processor is this? Speedfan is not always accurate...

The NB should be fine as long as it's not scorching hot.

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looks way to hot for me. Does it pass the OYB test? Check the temps on bios and try Everest.

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Its an Athlon X2 6400+ running at stock speeds, BIOS reports same temps, what's an OYB test sorry? :)

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i would take a guess and say the 90c is the northbridge and that the 65c is the southbridge, and i would check the bios for the temps and use everest as zingle has suggested i don't use anything else and it works fine for me.

what motherboard and chip have you got if it is a motherboard with a nvidia chipset then i would be 100% sure, about the guess above as they do run hot but not that hot intel chipsets run allot cooler also have you overclocked the cpu?

i would also check that fans are running and free from crud also if possible try to reapply the heat compound like artic silver that might help.

Re: Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

Nforce 560 chipset or something like that

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After a bit of investigation, these values seem to be right

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If they are they your northbridge is way way way to hot

The OYB test is you run it for a while touch the heatsink and if you shout out Ouch You B...... then you know its to hot ;) my patented method lol

Re: Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

Gonna have a look in PC World for a better CPU cooler tonight when I finish work

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LOL, that reminds me of the little voltage regulator [or whatever it was] heatsink on my my old Voodoo3. Managed a few unintentional OYB tests on that. :)

I thought it was the NB that was getting too toasty, not the CPU? :confused:

Re: Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

The CPU was making things crash at 75-80 degrees, I've just cleaned up the CPU and Heatsink and applied new Thermal paste and run Prime95

Old Idle CPU: 45oC
Old CPU Temp: 74oC
Old NBridge Temp: 90oC

New Idle CPU: 29oC
New CPU Temp: 50oC
New NBridge Temp: 65oC

much happier, let's see how it behaves in real terms :)

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It seems to be sorted :)

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Very warm CPU seemed to be warming up the ambient temperature in the case (as I thought) now I've sorted the CPU everything else is much cooler!

Re: [FIXED] Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

If only everything was as simple...Hope it stays sorted..;)

Re: [FIXED] Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

just shows what new thermal paste can do simplest of things but might have just been needed if the pc is old'ish

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Yeah, those temps are a lot better. Did you redo the paste on the NB heatsink? Some manufacturers don't do a very good job of putting it on. Also, the NB coolers some manufacturers supply are really crap, though they do seem to be getting a bit better these days.

Re: [FIXED] Uh Oh. (Temperature Problems)
 

so we are marking problems resolved as fixed now are we lol