CPU Overheating

[[MPGH]AVGN]

I have a powerful comp. Maybe too powerful.

It will over heat when playing CA and BIOS will shut down the comp.

But i can play black ops for hours and have no problems...

Things i have tried:

Speed fan (useless, crappy software that does nothing)
Stacked an extra fan on top my fan for my CPU.
Leave case open
added a case fan
Keep heat sinks clean with air duster.

Any thing else i can try?

It takes about 30 mins before it over heats so its not a huge deal but still i cant be good for it.

When you first start the comp you can hear the fans running really fast and then after a few second it sound like they are about half speed.. it there a way i can hard wire my fans to full pwer from the power supply or something?



I have
[4x]2.5GHZ QUADCORE ..... 4 x 2.5 = 10GHZ FTW??
8GB ram
Nvidia GT220 with 4 GB of video ram.
Amercian megatrends BIOS

[ChimiBang]

Check the past beetween the CPU and the fan Might be low.
Doesn't work does our ram have heatsinks on them?

[[MPGH]AVGN]

Check the past beetween the CPU and the fan Might be low.
Doesn't work does our ram have heatsinks on them?

idk what that maens

the ram?? im not sure.. but when I retstart the comp it says CPU OVERHEAT PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE

[ChimiBang]

idk what that maens

the ram?? im not sure.. but when I retstart the comp it says CPU OVERHEAT PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE

LOL PAST LOL
I mean paste usually the paste is low.
Or your heatsink ain't tightly secured to the CPU

[[MPGH]AVGN]

LOL PAST LOL
I mean paste usually the paste is low.
Or your heatsink ain't tightly secured to the CPU

I've never taken it off so it could be i guess..

[ChimiBang]

I've never taken it off so it could be i guess..

Do that.
Take your heatsink off and GPU
clean both to get rid off old stuck on paste.
Put new paste and put them back on the mobo

[[MPGH]AVGN]

where to buy paste?

Radio shack? best buy?

[ChimiBang]

Radio shack artic silver 5
best gpu paste

[D3Dh0oker]

happend to me to, how i fxed was i bought a cheap 15 dollar spray can, AIR compressed can, and CARfully spray ur laptop/desktop fan. Make sure you hold down the fan with a needle while you spray it or else the fan will spin to fast causing it to break, i did that to my comp and it got rid of so much dust and made every thing work again ^_^

[Krypton1x]

Do you have a laptop or desktop?

[D3Dh0oker]

Do you have a laptop or desktop?

probbably a desktop cuz look at the stats:
8 GB of ram
QUADCORE??? holy shitttt

[Stevenom]

Liquid cooling system ftw!

[David]

Tried turning off auto fan.

[EL_PACHUCO]

i have found ur solution.oil/water cool ur system!!How to Watercool a PC
idk if this is allowed but il still past it

[[MPGH]AVGN]

happend to me to, how i fxed was i bought a cheap 15 dollar spray can, AIR compressed can, and CARfully spray ur laptop/desktop fan. Make sure you hold down the fan with a needle while you spray it or else the fan will spin to fast causing it to break, i did that to my comp and it got rid of so much dust and made every thing work again ^_^

I already tried that.

Do you have a laptop or desktop?

desktop

Liquid cooling system ftw!

sounds expensive!

Tried turning off auto fan.

how?!?

i have found ur solution.oil/water cool ur system!!How to Watercool a PC
idk if this is allowed but il still past it

I'll check that out