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    Question CPU reaches 100*C when idle, but 35-42*C when gaming - utterly baffling

    Thanks for your reply. It seems you were right about the sleep thing. From now on I’ll disable sleep mode and just use shut down to be safe
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    Question CPU reaches 100*C when idle, but 35-42*C when gaming - utterly baffling

    Seems reasonable, I will try it, but how do you explain why the CPU got to 100*C after a restart? And will my CPU be damaged by two instances of this overheating?
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    Question CPU reaches 100*C when idle, but 35-42*C when gaming - utterly baffling

    Yesterday I restarted my new Chillblast PC for the first time, late at night, When it rebooted it was fully throttled. I checked the icue software - CPU temperature was 100*C for ALL CORES. GPU temperature was normal. Fans were at moderate speed as far as I know. A few seconds later it crashed...