AMD a10-7850k overheat on startup

[Vdries]

Hii, I just bought a a10-7850k AMD apu, but when I start up and go into bios the themp goes rediculusly high. To 50°c

But if he started up the temps seems to drop a little.

He's not overclocked, and im using the stock bios settings.

Could it maybe be that the bios is outdated?


I made some pictures to show you but can't seem to be able to upload those from my Phone. I will try tomorrow on my pc if he don't melt


Sorry for my English btw.

 

[clutchc]

The BIOS temp will always read higher than in Win due to the fact that the CPU is at full speed. But 50C is a bit too high even for that. Did you have any problem installing the stock cooler? Have to take it on and off?

 

[TechyInAZ]

overheating is nearly always caused by the cooling system, get some thermal paste, take the cooler off, wipe any thermal paste off and apply a new layer.

 

[TechyInAZ]

The BIOS temp will always read higher than in Win due to the fact that the CPU is at full speed. But 50C is a bit too high even for that. Did you have any problem installing the stock cooler? Have to take it on and off?

Have to disagree with you sir, my 4690K is always underclocked via speedstep when in the bios.

 

[clutchc]

The BIOS temp will always read higher than in Win due to the fact that the CPU is at full speed. But 50C is a bit too high even for that. Did you have any problem installing the stock cooler? Have to take it on and off?

Have to disagree with you sir, my 4690K is always underclocked via speedstep when in the bios.

Yes, but I'm not sure AMD's Cool and Quiet works that way. The older BIOS's didn't anyway.

 

[IamTimTech]

The bios gives the processor full voltage to test the system at start up, this is true on my board at least. My bios temps are always higher than my win temps.

 

[clutchc]

The bios gives the processor full voltage to test the system at start up, this is true on my board at least. My bios temps are always higher than my win temps.

Yeah, mine too. That's what I was basing it on. Maybe Intel does things differently.

 

[Vdries]

I had an After market cooler installed 1st. But cause of the high themps I switched to the stock cooler to test but got the same result.
I think it going to get a refund 😛

 

[IamTimTech]

When I first started playing around with my APU system I was experiencing the same problem, I even have a nicer cooler master horizontal cooler with 4 heat pipes. It sits right around 47* in bios and about 35* under minimal loads in windows. APU's run hot, that's just all there is to it. They have 2 or 4 processing cores and a video die on the same chip so I wouldn't expect them to run cool.

To improve your temps make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel. Then make sure you have sufficient airflow in your case and you will be just fine.

 

[Vdries]

When I first started playing around with my APU system I was experiencing the same problem, I even have a nicer cooler master horizontal cooler with 4 heat pipes. It sits right around 47* in bios and about 35* under minimal loads in windows. APU's run hot, that's just all there is to it. They have 2 or 4 processing cores and a video die on the same chip so I wouldn't expect them to run cool.

To improve your temps make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel. Then make sure you have sufficient airflow in your case and you will be just fine.

Mine runs now at 42°c. i'll put my corsair h60 on it this weekend. to see what happens.

Offtopic question, where can i change between the apu gpu and my dedicated gpu? 😛

 

[IamTimTech]

Bios, and where you plug in your monitor.

 

[Vdries]

Bios, and where you plug in your monitor.

in my gpu

 

[IamTimTech]

What I am saying is if you plug it into your motherboard and set it in bios it will use on board graphics, if you just plug it into the gpu it will use the cards graphics.

 

[clutchc]

"make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel."

I disagree. More thermal paste does not make for a better thermal transfer. The whole purpose of thermal paste is to simply fill in the microscopic pores of the metal surfaces and any irregularities in their surface-to-surface contact. Since air is a poor thermal conductor, it is necessary to have no air between metal surfaces. A thin film of TIM is all that is required. Any more than necessary for the above task, and thermal transfer between surfaces will suffer.

 

[LucoTF]

I used to own an A10 and it always sat at around 50° in BIOS. I didn't need to make any BIOS changes when I added a dedicated GPU, I just moved the monitor cable from mobo to GPU and off it went

 

[Vdries]

Ty guys/girls for the reply's! Really appreciate it!

 

[IamTimTech]

"make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel."

I disagree. More thermal paste does not make for a better thermal transfer. The whole purpose of thermal paste is to simply fill in the microscopic pores of the metal surfaces and any irregularities in their surface-to-surface contact. Since air is a poor thermal conductor, it is necessary to have no air between metal surfaces. A thin film of TIM is all that is required. Any more than necessary for the above task, and thermal transfer between surfaces will suffer.

Disagree all you want, AMD has a larger die and you need slightly more to cover the surface area. GG

 

[bmacsys]

To improve your temps make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel.

That is an absolutely ridiculous statement with no basis in fact.

 

[bmacsys]

"make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel."

I disagree. More thermal paste does not make for a better thermal transfer. The whole purpose of thermal paste is to simply fill in the microscopic pores of the metal surfaces and any irregularities in their surface-to-surface contact. Since air is a poor thermal conductor, it is necessary to have no air between metal surfaces. A thin film of TIM is all that is required. Any more than necessary for the above task, and thermal transfer between surfaces will suffer.

Disagree all you want, AMD has a larger die and you need slightly more to cover the surface area. GG

Larger die? Who cares? The TIM is applied on the heat spreader. The difference in size could be measured in microns for that matter.

 

[IamTimTech]

To improve your temps make sure you are using enough thermal compound, AMD requires more than Intel.

That is an absolutely ridiculous statement with no basis in fact.

I am sorry but it is. The AMD's have more surface area and requires a little more paste. I'm not saying drown it, but it does take a little more. I can't believe two people are arguing this.