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Hello there. I'm a complete noob when it comes to computer problems, and this time I was hit with a pretty annoying one. I've been using my mom's computer for a month due to my motherboard frying, and starting yesterday her CPU started overheating (randomly shutting off). The machine is a Intel c2d E7200 @ 2.53GHz, 2gb of RAM, and I had a 7800GT on it. It never had any problems or anything like that, I was using it pretty hard, like not turning it off and running 2 clients of this MMORPG game I play. After the problem started occurring I took off an extra HD I had in it, and the video card, but it still kept on happening. I uninstalled all the programs and extra hardware and gave the computer back to my mom, since she only uses it for web browsing, and after a few hours on it overheated again. I really don't know what to do, and I need to fix it =/. I downloaded SpeedFan and took a ss of it running, and it seemed pretty high temperatures ( http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8449/c.. ). I also checked the fans, and they all seem to be working. Please, help me ;/..

- #phatfish -

holy jesus that is hot

he fights for us

Any idea on what could be the problem? or how to solve it? :<

- #phatfish -

poor airflow, the heatsink not being seated properly on the cpu, need some more artic silver. all those could be possible reasons.

he fights for us

It was running fine before.. My airconditioner died today, and its really hot in my house.. that could be the problem, but idk... it started yesterday, im guessing i was doing a lot of stuff on it and it was overheating, but now, there's no reason to =|

- #phatfish -

what type of psu? how many fans do u got? is the cpu fan heatsink seated correctly? perhaps check to make sure first if the cpu has thermal paste or arctic silver on it.

PSU is a random Cooler Master 500watts, I got 1 fan in the case.. This computer was built with like $300.. The cpu fan seems to be correct, Im gonna double check it.. I dont have any extra thermal paste to recoat it but I might end up buying another one.. I have a pretty nice Lian Li case (with more fans) from my old computer and a 430watt thermaltake powersupply. I could swap my mom's computer to that if that would solve the problem..

- #phatfish -

The heatsink is probably caked with dust.

It is! Im gonna undust it and try it on :o..

- #phatfish -

aftermarket heat sinks are cheap so is thermal paste. my p4 was running at those temps (85c) when one of the corners of the oem sink snapped loose. now im using an arctic freezer 7 pro and it cools the cpu to 30c at full throttle. prescott core runs hot as fk too.

yeah clean out all of the dust inside the PC first.

I had the same problem before.My friends high recommended supportrix.com so I tried it.The results were satisfying.

emystx

I had the same problem before.My friends high recommended supportrix.com so I tried it.The results were satisfying.

emystx

get a new case with good airflow (Coolermaster CM690/Antec 900?)

and damn...those temps are hot. Max. temp for CPU's is around 70 degrees, I would be worried if it reached near 60.

Myself, I have a Cosmos S case, of coolermaster. Great airflow .
Q9450 @ 3.6 Ghz (in the summer also) and reaches max: 45 degrees.

yea, E7200 is a 45nm Chip, it should have automatically turned off when it hit 95C

I bought a Coolermaster Hyper TX3 today, reapplied thermal paste and installed it, and problem solved! Thanks everyone for the help

- #phatfish -

Thank god. Those were some crazy temps.. I was mad my CPU was at 31 the other day LOL

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