Amd FX 8350 BLACK Ed. Over 100 degrees in BIOS. Crosshair V Formula Z.
Today my PC shut off on its own a couple of times. So I went out and bought new paste (Arctic Silver 5) and applied.
To my surprise in the BIOS the CPU temp was reported at 91 degrees and climbing.
I cleaned the paste off, re applied, and installed a bigger cooler. It just kept getting hotter. So I put a spare CPU in (same model) with fresh paste. Now it’s around 110 in the BIOS.
The CPU fan is running at 2900+ RPM (I set it to turbo) but the air it is pushing out is hardly warm. One of the top case fans right near the CPU is pushing cool air right above it. The heatsink doesn’t feel very hot. It’s a bit warm to the touch but nowhere near 100. The CPU itself is barely warm by the time I power off the system and get the cooler off.
Can anyone shed some light on what is going on? I’ve been building PCs since Pentium days but I’m at a loss as what to try next (short of buying a new motherboard).
TLDR:
2 cpus
2 coolers
Fresh paste
Well ventilated
Secure connection
Turbo/max fan
Why > 100 degrees?
Today my PC shut off on its own a couple of times. So I went out and bought new paste (Arctic Silver 5) and applied.
To my surprise in the BIOS the CPU temp was reported at 91 degrees and climbing.
I cleaned the paste off, re applied, and installed a bigger cooler. It just kept getting hotter. So I put a spare CPU in (same model) with fresh paste. Now it’s around 110 in the BIOS.
The CPU fan is running at 2900+ RPM (I set it to turbo) but the air it is pushing out is hardly warm. One of the top case fans right near the CPU is pushing cool air right above it. The heatsink doesn’t feel very hot. It’s a bit warm to the touch but nowhere near 100. The CPU itself is barely warm by the time I power off the system and get the cooler off.
Can anyone shed some light on what is going on? I’ve been building PCs since Pentium days but I’m at a loss as what to try next (short of buying a new motherboard).
TLDR:
2 cpus
2 coolers
Fresh paste
Well ventilated
Secure connection
Turbo/max fan
Why > 100 degrees?