For a while now my PC has gotten to the point of overheating. It will only do it when I am running a program/game that takes alot of power. My PC Specs: Pentium 4 3.2ghz Asus P4P800 E-Deluxe Radeon 9600 Pro 1g Corsair Ram 430w Powersupply Yada yada The biggest issue I have with this is that i recently added new thermal solution to the processor. My case fans work fine. My CPU Heatsink/Fan are running. I have my sidewall removed and a dual powered regular cooling fan for rooms blowing into the case. All dust has been removed from the computer. Though my cpu runs at an average of 60-63 Degrees at normal basic use (I.E. Chat programs, media player, net surfing). Though as soon as i run a game it will start to rise to the 70's, 80's, until eventually (majority of time, not all) it will hit 90 and my pc will shut down. So I have refrained from gaming since. I know that my Asus board has AI overclocking. So my question is if anyone knows why? how? solutions? At the very least I would like to know how to turn off my overclocking so maybe it will run cooler. Thanks for the help!
Pentium 4's do tend to run hot, my pentium 4 3GHz ran at 52 degrees idle, but i dont think 60degrees idle is ok, check that the Fan/Heatink is on the cpu properly and making propor contact, make sure you put some thermal paste on too. Have you actually overclocked you cpu?, if not then the AI Overclocking options are not effecting anything.
Everything is connected properly with a brand new layer of thermal solution. I didn't overclock it myself at all so I suppose it isnt taking effect then, but it is still overheating. I play a game called stepmania which is an emulation of dance dance revolution. the game itself doesn't take alot of power to run as most pc games. I went from a cpu temp of 63 idle to 81-83 playing the game. My computer has been connected for a while over a year now with no problems and one day it just decided to overheat. i am at a loss and can't afford a new one at the moment so i wanted to find solutions.
Feel the heatsink, it's possible there could be a faulty temeprature sensor, so see if you think the Heatsink is really hot.
the heatsink is hardly warm to the touch. so should i turn off cpu sensing or what? and explain please. i appreciate the help so far Edit: Rather not turn off the cpu sensing but how could i disable it from automatically shutting down? Edit 2: Running at about 80 degrees it was somewhat warm to touch, but not enough that it made me have to back away. im not sure
Well i know that the back of my subwoofer when its running at about 80degrees its preety damnd warm to touch, so it sounds like you have a faulty temperature sensor, i dont think you can stop the comp from automatically shutting down, try adjusting the shutdown temperature if possible. The cpu has a build in temperature sensor for monitoring temperatures, well i am not sure if its the CPU or mobo but i am sure the CPU has one. You did put thermal paste on the cpu right? or left the thermal pad on that was on?
I put new thermal solution on the cpu. The only difference is that it showed it running about 1 degree cooler. At this point I am either debating changing the shutdown temperature and monitoring the temperature to touch, seeing how hot it actually gets at running games, or buying a better cooling fan for it and seeing if it makes a difference. Running at that high of a temperature it is fairly warm to touch but nothing too horrible. I figure with my fans working, my sidewall open, and a dual room cooling fan directly on it, the temperature should not reach such drastic heights. It takes no time at all for it to jump from 60 degrees to 80. It does this in a matter of about 2 minutes just running a game. Edit: Now for some reason I am Idling at 75 degrees. My computer was off overnight and I booted, checked this thread, rebooted to check bios and both bios and motherboard monitor shows i am idling at 75...this is giving me a headache. It is very warm to touch the heatsink. enough that after a couple seconds i have to pull my hand away. Edit 2: I am beginning to think that the sensing isnt failing on me. I don't want to buy a new heatsink/fan just for it to keep idling high. So at this point I am just thinking of not gaming or anything. Apparently 65-70c is a high idle and it is irritating. I'm scrapping this system because it is old and buying part as I can for a new one. I appreciate the help but i don't see this computer being fixed without me possibly dishing out money for no reason. Besides this just gives me motivational push to build a pci-e/sli configuration. kudos willz. your help was much appreciated.
My pentium 4 rig ended up costing me a whole new comp trying to find the problem, in the end the only thing i dint replace was the motherboard, obviously a faulty motherboard, temps seem to idle at 52degrees with stock cooler and a new cooler, so mobo faulty with mine, your mobo could possibly be faulty, sounds like your heatsink aint on properly tho, have you checked to see if if the fan is moving whilst the computer is turned on?
The HSF is properly attatched. The fan is moving properly. And the heatsink is becomming very hot to touch. I need a new computer anyway, and i put up a new build opinion in the build section of the forum. it would be nice to play up to date games because with my specs things dont run well at all.
Ok, i know your scrapping it, but dont scrap it, when you have built your new comp (with a decent power supply), try the new powersupply with your old comp, see if that solves it, i am wondering if it may be the powersupply, watts aint everything.
