Computer hot as a mofo

i just recently installed a p4 3.2 prescott. it's not oced right now.i did oc it to 3.4 a few days ago. and the temps were fine. but i put everything back to default settings and now my computer is hot as hell! my cpu is idling @ 47C right now! it crashes in games too. at least now it's no longer a video problem.

and yes, i put on arctic silver on my cpu. i have a thermalright sp 94 with a 92" tornado. even with the tornado turned on full (5000 rpm), i idle @ 47. and i'm not even ocing!

wtf?

and just 2 days ago i was ripping 4 dvds to xvid all night, and it didn't crash or anything. my temps went up to 56C that night, and it didn't crash. why is it crashing on games now?


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I would double check your "default" settings.

well, my bios is set to "default factory settings"

and my clock settings are set to standard. i look in the hardware monitor, and everything is the right clock. my 3.2 shows up as 16 x 200, cpu's voltage is 1.4v. graphx card isn't oced either

Also double check the heatsink installation.

What case cooling do you have?

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Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

Also double check the heatsink installation.

What case cooling do you have?

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my case:
1 80mm intake on the side
2 80mm exhaust in the back
i'm pretty sure these don't spin faster than 1500 rpm. they're basic case fans that came with my case


i should check my heatsink. i did play around with it back when i was fixing my video card problem. i took out my 2.4, and ran some tests. then i put in my 3.2 and ran some tests. i also had to flash my bios to a newer version for my mobo to work with this 3.2 prescott with 1mb L2 cache

well i know intel's chips run hot, but this sounds a lil extreme.......

what other heat sources do you have?
how is the airflow? is there anything restricting it?

try leaving you comp off for a while to cool down, then start it and boot into the bios, what are your readings there?

how thick was the arctic silver layer?

EDIT: why do you believe your fans dont run faster than 1500rpm?

there should be nothing restricting air flow.

as for the arctic silver, i put a tiny dab in the middle of the cpu and let the heatsink flatten it as i screw the hs in

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Originally Posted by abu_has_the_power

there should be nothing restricting air flow.

as for the arctic silver, i put a tiny dab in the middle of the cpu and let the heatsink flatten it as i screw the hs in

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You should spread the AS out into a thin layer, like it says in the instructions. :rolleyes:

Putting a dab in the middle does not ensure that it spreads evenly across the HS, so half of your cpu may have very poor contact with it.

someone here told me to just put a dab in the middle, and screw the 4 screws of the hs diagonally.

i guess i should go take a look again

I called AMD one time and they gave me the same advice. Push out enough arctic silver so that it'll be the same size as a grain of rice and then just push it down with the heatsink.