Processor overheating

[Alexkiss21]

Hey there,

 

For the past 2 years my PC started to boot with the "CPU Fan Error" "Press F1" message, which I ignored by setting the CPU Fan RPM to "Ignore" in the BIOS. After cleaning out my rig a few weeks ago, I decided to switch it back, it might be not showing up, yet it did. I've got to a point where anything except JUST RUNNING the system would cause the PC to crash in a matter of time. For example, browsing is fine, but watching YouTube for a longer period of time, or watching Twitch for 10 minutes causes it to fail. Oh, don't even get me started on "gaming".

 

After a bit of browsing the CPU gets as hot that a few mins of gaming causes it to overheat.

 

The BIOS says it's 113°C, which I tought was a broken thermometer, but turns out the heatsink burns my finger.

 

Is there any way that I could set my CPU fan to spin at maximum rpm, or beacuse the heatsink underneath is so hot, it interferes with it?

 

I don't care about noise level, just let it run.

 

Oh, I haven't changed thermal paste. Sooo yeah.

[Prokart2000]

re-fit and apply some good thermal paste

[William12h]

does your fan/heat sink spin?   check thermal paste and the heatsink is connected to the cpu fan socket thing

Hey there,

 

For the past 2 years my PC started to boot with the "CPU Fan Error" "Press F1" message, which I ignored by setting the CPU Fan RPM to "Ignore" in the BIOS. After cleaning out my rig a few weeks ago, I decided to switch it back, it might be not showing up, yet it did. I've got to a point where anything except JUST RUNNING the system would cause the PC to crash in a matter of time. For example, browsing is fine, but watching YouTube for a longer period of time, or watching Twitch for 10 minutes causes it to fail. Oh, don't even get me started on "gaming".

 

After a bit of browsing the CPU gets as hot that a few mins of gaming causes it to overheat.

 

The BIOS says it's 113°C, which I tought was a broken thermometer, but turns out the heatsink burns my finger.

 

Is there any way that I could set my CPU fan to spin at maximum rpm, or beacuse the heatsink underneath is so hot, it interferes with it?

 

I don't care about noise level, just let it run.

 

Oh, I haven't changed thermal paste. Sooo yeah.

[Rashy]

This happens when youre using stock cooler, no offense. and almost no airflow to the computer. clean your computer if its full of dusts, change the cooler to maybe a hyper 212 EVO, replace the Thermal paste. hope the steps help you. but can i have your specs?

[Alexkiss21]

It would be quite funny if my heatsink would spin.

 

Yes, my fan spins but by looking at it i can tell it's slow. The bios says it's around 200-250 RPM.

[Alexkiss21]

It's not the stock intel cooler, it's by coolermaster. I don't know the exact model number, sorry.

 

Oh, my magnificent specs:

 

Asus p5b

Intel Pentium D935

HD6570

3GB memory

[Rashy]

It would be quite funny if my heatsink would spin.

 

Yes, my fan spins but by looking at it i can tell it's slow. The bios says it's around 200-250 RPM.

 

It's not the stock intel cooler, it's by coolermaster. I don't know the exact model number, sorry.

 

Oh, my magnificent specs:

 

Asus p5b

Intel Pentium D935

HD6570

3GB memory

CM? 200-250RPM? I think there might be an error in your system, can you try turning your fan speed up in some way in the BIOS? 200-250RPM is awfully bad, usually fan nowadays speeds up to 1000+RPM

 

EDIT: Im actually more surprised that your PC still survives than i am surprised 250RPM by coolermaster

[Alexkiss21]

That's why I wrote here, so is there any way to set it in the bios to run at way higher rpm? As I said, I don't care if it's noisey.

[Rashy]

That's why I wrote here, so is there any way to set it in the bios to run at way higher rpm? As I said, I don't care if it's noisey.

Maybe this site will help:

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-up-fan-speed-computer-53039.html

 

NOTE: Every BIOS menu is different, so dont expect fan speed control in the same place or even the same name

[Alexkiss21]

It's an Asus board, which means it has the feature called "Q-Fan control", I read I should turn it on.

[Rashy]

It's an Asus board, which means it has the feature called "Q-Fan control", I read I should turn it on.

Post an update will ya, oh and good luck to it

[Alexkiss21]

Thanks, a moment.

[Alexkiss21]

I forgot to mention that it returns to around 1000-1100 RPM after the OS boots, but I don't know if it slows down if the pc restarts, or if there is a high load.

 

Anyways, I turned on the afformentioned Q-Fan control, and set it to Performance Mode. I will give it a go with a few games, I'll write back with an update.

 

Thank you very much for all of your help, mostly Rashy

[Rashy]

I forgot to mention that it returns to around 1000-1100 RPM after the OS boots, but I don't know if it slows down if the pc restarts, or if there is a high load.

 

Anyways, I turned on the afformentioned Q-Fan control, and set it to Performance Mode. I will give it a go with a few games, I'll write back with an update.

 

Thank you very much for all of your help, mostly Rashy

huzzah! if theres a super high load usually the cpu downclocks abit and the RPM increases, but if the load it too high it'll give off a few warnings(if you turn heat warning on in the BIOS) but dont worry, the downclock wont be that big just 0.1Ghz at most loads.

Install this: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

it lets you monitor your heat, RPM, and Voltages.

[Alexkiss21]

Holy mother of god. I don't know if it's the Coolermaster fan finally working at it's full potential, or what happened, but it seems pretty stable. Atleast it was for a hour of playing. CPUID still says 100°C tho.

[Rashy]

Holy mother of god. I don't know if it's the Coolermaster fan finally working at it's full potential, or what happened, but it seems pretty stable. Atleast it was for a hour of playing. CPUID still says 100°C tho.

If its stable its gameable

[Alexkiss21]

We will see later on, how it performs with longer sessions, or with streams, but it seems pretty good for now. I will have to try Black Ops 2. It's my processor's biggest enemy, hope it will run now.

[Rashy]

We will see later on, how it performs with longer sessions, or with streams, but it seems pretty good for now. I will have to try Black Ops 2. It's my processor's biggest enemy, hope it will run now.

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