olivier1984
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Hello,
Since 5 days now my PC is having trouble. Within a few seconds after startup, anything I try to open/do uses up 100% of the CPU and takes forever.
After quite some surfing (I can use Opera browser without it being too much of a strain on the cpu) I thought it might be a problem with the CPU. I downloaded speedfan and..CPU temp: idle around 80°C and when opening/using a progam (outlook, firefox, whatever) it went up to 100°C! Those temps, and the fact there was a little flame image next to it in speedfan made me think the CPU was overheating ("duh", I know).
I checked the cpu fan and realized it sometimes slowed down and even stopped. So I bought a new fan. I also added a case fan. And I cleared all the dust out of the power supply fan (there was literally a ton of dust in there, I got it all out).
Now my CPU is idling at around 75°C and when I open something it shoots back up to 100°C. The fans are working however, because when I stop using the PC I see the temps go back to 70-75°C much faster than before.
My question is: is my CPU dying? I mean, if it really reaches 100°C whenever I do something, it sure won't last long, will it?
I am pretty sure the temp readings are correct, because at around 75°C I can still work on the PC, but as soon as it goes higher (80/90 degrees) things get so slow I can't even open an empty folder in less than 10 seconds.
The problem is that I never thought of checking my CPU temps before. So I don't have anything to compare them to.
My specs:
My room temperature is around 23°C
Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz (not overclocked)
1024 MB RAM
1 case fan running at around 2500 RPM
1 CPU fan running at around 2800 RPM
2 internal HD (80 GB and 40 GB)
1 cd/dvd player
1 cd burner
1 Nvidia geforce 4 graphics card
1 gamesurround fortissimo sound card
.....let me know if you need any more info
Oh, and I did 2 virus scans (2 different progs), 1 spyware scan, 1 adware scan, 1 HD defragmentation and I recently uninstalled any useless crap I had on the PC. So I seriously doubt it's a virus/spyware/adware/crap on PC/... that's to blame.
It's a pretty long post, sorry.. I'd greatly appreciate it if some of you could help me out.
Basically what I ask is:
- Is my CPU dying?
- If those temps are real, how long before it dies?
- Is there anything I can do?
(I also ordered some arctic silver thermal paste, will still try that when it gets here)
- If the CPU dies, how do I know what CPU I can install on my current motherboard to replace it?
- What are "normal" temperatures for a Pentium 1.7 Ghz CPU?
Thanks in advance for your attention and assistance,
Olivier
Since 5 days now my PC is having trouble. Within a few seconds after startup, anything I try to open/do uses up 100% of the CPU and takes forever.
After quite some surfing (I can use Opera browser without it being too much of a strain on the cpu) I thought it might be a problem with the CPU. I downloaded speedfan and..CPU temp: idle around 80°C and when opening/using a progam (outlook, firefox, whatever) it went up to 100°C! Those temps, and the fact there was a little flame image next to it in speedfan made me think the CPU was overheating ("duh", I know).
I checked the cpu fan and realized it sometimes slowed down and even stopped. So I bought a new fan. I also added a case fan. And I cleared all the dust out of the power supply fan (there was literally a ton of dust in there, I got it all out).
Now my CPU is idling at around 75°C and when I open something it shoots back up to 100°C. The fans are working however, because when I stop using the PC I see the temps go back to 70-75°C much faster than before.
My question is: is my CPU dying? I mean, if it really reaches 100°C whenever I do something, it sure won't last long, will it?
I am pretty sure the temp readings are correct, because at around 75°C I can still work on the PC, but as soon as it goes higher (80/90 degrees) things get so slow I can't even open an empty folder in less than 10 seconds.
The problem is that I never thought of checking my CPU temps before. So I don't have anything to compare them to.
My specs:
My room temperature is around 23°C
Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz (not overclocked)
1024 MB RAM
1 case fan running at around 2500 RPM
1 CPU fan running at around 2800 RPM
2 internal HD (80 GB and 40 GB)
1 cd/dvd player
1 cd burner
1 Nvidia geforce 4 graphics card
1 gamesurround fortissimo sound card
.....let me know if you need any more info
Oh, and I did 2 virus scans (2 different progs), 1 spyware scan, 1 adware scan, 1 HD defragmentation and I recently uninstalled any useless crap I had on the PC. So I seriously doubt it's a virus/spyware/adware/crap on PC/... that's to blame.
It's a pretty long post, sorry.. I'd greatly appreciate it if some of you could help me out.
Basically what I ask is:
- Is my CPU dying?
- If those temps are real, how long before it dies?
- Is there anything I can do?
(I also ordered some arctic silver thermal paste, will still try that when it gets here)
- If the CPU dies, how do I know what CPU I can install on my current motherboard to replace it?
- What are "normal" temperatures for a Pentium 1.7 Ghz CPU?
Thanks in advance for your attention and assistance,
Olivier