I dont know why my cpu is idle at 100degrees celcius??

[Elrond of Rivendell (Rocket)]

I just reapplied thermal paste correctly. Why could my cpu be overheating with the same old setup and almost idle it soars to 96+ degrees c , before i applied the thermal paste it easily went to 101 and 102. A software called cpu z tells me my frequency is at 3.6mgz and sometimes 3.8mgz and i dont know why the factory spec is 3.5mgz its a cheap prebuilt best buy pc witha gtx660 in it never ran right a day in its life

[LoTekRabbit]

Did you reseat the cooler correctly?

[Elrond of Rivendell (Rocket)]

Publicado originalmente por 10Club:

Did you reseat the cooler correctly?

Yes it improved tempuratures my 5 degrees i think the problem os that i have a air flow case fan screwed onto my heat sonk because my cpu fan gave out, would you agree?

[WarmedxMints]

Is the fan screwed on in the correct direction?

Although I would just get a new cpu cooler. They are fairly inexpensive these days.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Could you share PC specs with us?
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Download and Install CPU-Z
Run that and click Validation > tick Extreme-OC box > click Submit
When web-browser launches; copy & paste the web-URL address into a post here.

Since you say this is an OEM PreBuild Desktop; what is the brand + full model of that?

[Elrond of Rivendell (Rocket)]

Publicado originalmente por WarmedxMints:

Is the fan screwed on in the correct direction?

Although I would just get a new cpu cooler. They are fairly inexpensive these days.

No its actually in a pull on the sink i have it off right now, but thats exactly what im doing

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Could u share your PC specs like I suggested?
Maybe some pictures of the case / internal setup; so we could better help / make suggestions.

[Elrond of Rivendell (Rocket)]

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

Could you share PC specs with us?
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Download and Install CPU-Z
Run that and click Validation > tick Extreme-OC box > click Submit
When web-browser launches; copy & paste the web-URL address into a post here.

Since you say this is an OEM PreBuild Desktop; what is the brand + full model of that?

I have a post called PC GENIUS? with my specs on it i have my computer powered down to avoid anymore damage. Id say it ran an average cpu temp of 100 degrees celcius for like a day or two sleep mode at night and gamed maybe 5 hours between the two days because i noticed a problem thanks to evga precision xoc. So i think it may be a little toasty or maybe about to kick the bucket. I was on there earlier and performance was a bit off from yesterday but it was acting normal at those high temps :o?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then I'd have to suggest the sensor is wrong, or faulty.
The system would have thermal throttling resulting in poor performance all-around if those temps were true.

Can u re-run a CPU-Z validation please?

I looked here:
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1843493219417062584
and that CPU-Z validation link no longer works.

[Arya]

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

Then I'd have to suggest the sensor is wrong, or faulty.
The system would have thermal throttling resulting in poor performance all-around if those temps were true..

That seems likely. According to the guys I spoke to, A8s don't have a temp sensor for each core - they use a motherboard sensor instead. The model is apparently somewhat notorious for thermal sensors going haywire, they recommend using AMD's own overclcoking tool to check Thermal Margin instead.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, I highly suggest using AMD OverDrive app to double check for accuracy.
http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/over-drive
You can use it solely as a Monitoring app if you like.

It's well known that HWMonitor and other similar apps simply don't bother updating their code for AMD Chipsets; and while this is not the case for every AMD based Motherboard; it is for alot of them out there. One way to tell is when you compare an OS based monitoring app (such as HWMonitor) to what you see for Sensor Temps in the BIOS. Now obviously when in the BIOS the system is completely idle, so take that into account as well.

[Cathulhu]

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1843493219420140008/
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/154643317928480452/
Why another thread?

[Elrond of Rivendell (Rocket)]

Publicado originalmente por Cathulhu:

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1843493219420140008/
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/154643317928480452/
Why another thread?

To maximize exposure to users looking to aid in my discussions. I receive twice the discussion attention instead of just one lonley thread getting shuffled to the back pages over a day or so

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por Captain Insano "The White Devil":

Publicado originalmente por Cathulhu:

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1843493219420140008/
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/154643317928480452/
Why another thread?

To maximize exposure to users looking to aid in my discussions. I receive twice the discussion attention instead of just one lonley thread getting shuffled to the back pages over a day or so

One thread per Forum section is plenty. Any more within a single sub-section when it is basically surrounding the same Q&A, is basically spamming.

If you start and on going Q&A Thread about "PC Issues" you are having for example; keep it going, don't create more about the same thing. Doing so is just "clutter".

Each user has community and notification system, making it easy to jump back into threads they've created or subscribed to.

[fami]

how about you try push instead of pull

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea single CPU fan only = never do just pull.

But seriously, get a new cooler ASAP; like a good one.

Hyper212 or better sort of cooler