Computer Help

[Alexis-Ms_Sun21]

Hello My Name is Alexis.

I have a-

I7-6700K With Cooler Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black, Dual-Tower CPU Cooler

32gb DDR4 2133MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
z170 Pro Gaming Mobo

 

Im Running into a Problem with my CPU getting  100*c With Small Load i Have not Over Clocked it im using Default settings from my Bios i done

- Fresh install of windows 11

- Putting new Thermal compound on my CPU

 - Dropping Clock Speed from 4200 to 4000

 

i Use my PC Every day and At random times it will Just Full Lock up to the point i need to Hard Restart the Computer If anyone has Any Help i would Love it i cant Live with out my PC. My PC was built Early 2016.

 

[silencer12]

5 hours ago, Alexis-Ms_Sun21 said:

Hello My Name is Alexis.

I have a-

I7-6700K With Cooler Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black, Dual-Tower CPU Cooler

32gb DDR4 2133MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
z170 Pro Gaming Mobo

 

Im Running into a Problem with my CPU getting  100*c With Small Load i Have not Over Clocked it im using Default settings from my Bios i done

- Fresh install of windows 11

- Putting new Thermal compound on my CPU

 - Dropping Clock Speed from 4200 to 4000

 

i Use my PC Every day and At random times it will Just Full Lock up to the point i need to Hard Restart the Computer If anyone has Any Help i would Love it i cant Live with out my PC. My PC was built Early 2016.

 

What thermal compound did you use?

 

Is the heatsink making contact with CPU?

[Alexis-Ms_Sun21]

42 minutes ago, silencer12 said:

What thermal compound did you use?

 

Is the heatsink making contact with CPU?

Its the One that Came with the Noctua Fan and Yes it is Making Contact paste gets spread and the Metal of the Cooler is Really Hot

 

[silencer12]

21 hours ago, Alexis-Ms_Sun21 said:

Its the One that Came with the Noctua Fan and Yes it is Making Contact paste gets spread and the Metal of the Cooler is Really Hot

 

Thermal paste needs to be replaced.

 

Your CPU us overheating. That's why it has been locking up on you from what it sounds like.

[atarione]

Have you cleaned the case out, you may have dust build up, the thermal compound is also quite possibly just old and no longer very effective?

 

I believe you next steps should be:

 

1. get some new thermal compound
2. get some canned air / electronics duster
3. clean PC case / fans (don't let fans free spin as they can potentially send current back the wrong way if you spin them up clean them.)
4. remove cooler / clean old paste from Heat-spreader and cold plate.
5. apply new thermal paste
6. reinstall cooler (making sure ensure good contact between CPU and cooler.)
7. enter bios and make sure no over clocking is enabled.
8. check temps in bios / windows and see if they have improved.

[Poinkachu]

8 hours ago, silencer12 said:

If you been using the same noctua heatsink since you built the computer in 2016, then the heatsink needs to be replaced.

I sure hope you mistyped and meant thermal paste instead of heatsink

[silencer12]

2 hours ago, Poinkachu said:

I sure hope you mistyped and meant thermal paste instead of heatsink

Whoops. Barely slept from work.  Thanks for heads-up.  Just looked up the heatsink model the OP had and re-read my post. That would cause alot of confusion.

 

Yeah. Thermal paste is what I meant to say.  My apologies for my misunderstanding and incorrectly stated.