I've been having troubles with my general use PC. The processor overheats and the mobo shuts the system down when it reaches 120C. Investigating the problem I discovered that the Vcore voltage exceeds the 1.30~1.35 range defined by AMD during heavier load, reaching 1.39v sometimes. In idle the temperature is about 40~50C depending on ambient temperature. Most of time I have to put a big fan to cool the heatsink so I can use the computer. I've changed FSB and clock multiplier but the BIOS has no Vcore regulation option. Cool&Quiet is disabled.
Is this an issue with the processor or the motherboard? Is there something I can do, like Vcore regulation software or all I have to do is sell the components and get an intel processor?
This is my setup:
Thermaltake Smart 550W PSU
CoolerMaster Blizzard T2 Cooler
DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2900 MHz (14.5 x 200) 5600+
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2L v2
Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Kingston 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)
DIMM2: Kingston 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)
Video card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (1024 MB)
Is this an issue with the processor or the motherboard? Is there something I can do, like Vcore regulation software or all I have to do is sell the components and get an intel processor?
This is my setup:
Thermaltake Smart 550W PSU
CoolerMaster Blizzard T2 Cooler
DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2900 MHz (14.5 x 200) 5600+
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2L v2
Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Kingston 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)
DIMM2: Kingston 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz)
Video card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (1024 MB)