60*C Idling, 72*C Youtube..

[CynosureEPR]

I'm on my secondary dual-boxing machine with an AMD Phenom ii 840.

I've been playing games on this rig for over a year without any issues. However, the other day I loaded up a game and my computer started shutting off within 5 minutes of gameplay. I was confused and loaded up some temperature monitoring programs.

My CPU is showing 58-63*C idle and 72-75*C when simply watching a YouTube video. It's actually up to 77*C as the time of this posting.

I opened up the case and threw a house fan on it and there has been no decrease in the temperature.

What could have called for the significant change? What can I do to aid the problem? I've run out of thermal paste so reseating it isn't an option for at least a week.

 

[CynosureEPR]

I can also add, there doesn't seem to be much heat coming from the processor itself at all. I've had processors overheat before and you can feel the warmth on the heatsink. The heatsink is very cool and I can touch it without any issues at all (feels like cold metal).

 

[The_Doctor]

I can also add, there doesn't seem to be much heat coming from the processor itself at all. I've had processors overheat before and you can feel the warmth on the heatsink. The heatsink is very cool and I can touch it without any issues at all (feels like cold metal).

A few question are you using the
Standard Clocks?
Standard Voltage?
Standard Heatsink?
The Doctor

 

[CynosureEPR]

Yes to all of those!

No overclocking/volting going on and it's the standard crappy heatsink. I normally upgrade the heatsinks but this was just a second-hand computer I picked up and it was idling at 36*C with it prior so I left it.

Ran a quick game patch (update) and this brought the temps all the way up to 80*C so I turned it off. lol

 

[Robi_g]

Reapply the heatsink with new thermal paste in case it wasn't on properly

 

[The_Doctor]

Yes to all of those!

No overclocking/volting going on and it's the standard crappy heatsink. I normally upgrade the heatsinks but this was just a second-hand computer I picked up and it was idling at 36*C with it prior so I left it.

Can you confirm the Heatsink is actually working? though low temp could suggest its fine and a monitoring problem it could also mean the inverse that it is not working thus leaving the temp in the CPU really high.
The Doctor

 

[CynosureEPR]

I've ordered more thermal paste just now, but it won't be here for a week.

And Doctor, it has to be the second option as my computer is actually shutting off under full load of a game which implies extreme overheating. I will go run a game quickly and let you know how high it gets before it shuts off.

 

[The_Doctor]

I've ordered more thermal paste just now, but it won't be here for a week.

And Doctor, it has to be the second option as my computer is actually shutting off under full load of a game which implies extreme overheating. I will go run a game quickly and let you know how high it gets before it shuts off.

Should be around 90 ish depending on Bios Settings.
The Doctor

 

[CynosureEPR]

93*C is the last temperature I saw before it shut off.

It only took 2 minutes.

 

[13thmonkey]

i'd suggest your HSF is not connecting properly to the CPU, i've had the plastic surround on an amd I run in server break, releasing pressure and therefore raising temps.

 

[scout_03]

you need to clean the old paste and repaste with a good one also do a full cleaning of all the dust that is inside the system and the fan check if the cpu fan still spin or not .