ROFL_A_PIGGY
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My computer was working fine yesterday and for a year before this, but now all of a sudden it had a MS-DOS error that said CPU Over heating temperature or something of the sort, and I reseated the heat sink and fan, and reapplied arctic silver to the cpu and heatsink, and the heatsink is firmly in place. I also cleaned out the dust from the heatsink. Now the error doesn't come up anymore but my temperature is VERY high still. I felt the inside of my computer and the processor and heatsink feel very hot, and so does the air around it, so it must be an overheating issue and not a temperature read error.
My CPU is an Intel i7 920, and my motherboard is an ASUS p6T. My operating system is Windows Vista 32 bit. I have a 750W PSU.
The BIOS and RealTemp says the temperature of all 4 cores is around 85-100 Celsius at idle, and that is very high. I have 4 fans in my large full tower case (one in front, one in back, a large one in side, one on the top) and also one on the CPU.
I can't figure out why the temperature is so high, there shouldn't be any reason for it to be that high.
By the way right now I am using a different computer because I am scared that the processor will fry.
Can anyone suggest anything to help?
Thanks in advance.
My CPU is an Intel i7 920, and my motherboard is an ASUS p6T. My operating system is Windows Vista 32 bit. I have a 750W PSU.
The BIOS and RealTemp says the temperature of all 4 cores is around 85-100 Celsius at idle, and that is very high. I have 4 fans in my large full tower case (one in front, one in back, a large one in side, one on the top) and also one on the CPU.
I can't figure out why the temperature is so high, there shouldn't be any reason for it to be that high.
By the way right now I am using a different computer because I am scared that the processor will fry.
Can anyone suggest anything to help?
Thanks in advance.