High CPU temperatures reaching to over 60 and overheating

[crazlunatic]

When I first got my new computer, my fan was REALLY loud because it ran at 4400 RPM to cool the 60 C CPU.

I got a 2500 rpm double ball bearing case fan and the RPM dropped a thousand or two.

The first week and a half, everything was fine, and I left the computer overnight for a download, the next day, my CPU monitor would say that the CPU was overheating during an hour's session of games. I thought it was normal so shut it down and let it warm up.

But on the second week, it's happening a lot now. I turn on my computer at 4 and turn it off at 12 or 1 at night. I do homework, IM, and play at least 1-2 hours of games sometimes, counter-strike, a low CPU power consuming game.

Why does the CPU reach temperatures greater than 70 C at least every night. And I set the Q fan to make sure the CPU stays below 53 C!

It is an intel Pentium 4 3.2 GhZ. Model 550 in other words which mean the same thing with an Asus P5GD1.

Can anyone help?

 

[TheRanger]

Are you going by the onboard probe temp reading or another source? For instance, I have a Harcano cooling monitor on my system and I have an "external" or non-attached temperature probe that is attached to my CPU. I find that those temps fluctuate from the reading on the motherboard reading.

It could be that your motherboard probe is bad, or it could be that you actually have a cooling problem. When the PC says that it is overheating, do you get a lot of artifacts and / or system instability?

Also, is this a self-build or an OEM PC?

 

[crazlunatic]

A warning comes up from the Program Motherboard monitoring 5, or MBM 5 saying the temperature has exceeded 70 C. The program causes the computer to make beeping sounds continuosly unless I choose to either ignore it, or turn off computer

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Reseat your CPU with some AS5

 

[crazlunatic]

What's that? rofl, I thought you were being mean and said ass.

 

[gaara]

Arctic Silver 5, it's a thermal grease that you apply to the CPU which helps lower temperatures.

 

[crazlunatic]

where do you apply it? Sorry I'm not familiar with this

 

[Nubius]

rofl, I thought you were being mean and said ass

lol that's funny man. I can easily see how you could see that at first glance hehe

here's instructions for arctic silver 5:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Heres the page that has the instructions for their other forms of paste,

http://www.arcticsilver.com/instructions.htm

but AS5 is the best, but just make sure you read their application instructions thoroughly before attempting it if you're not familiar with applying paste yourself.