CPU overheating after changing cooler

[jeff09]

So I had intel stock cooler, and I wanted to change it. I got a alpine 11 gt cooler, I removed the stock cooler, replaced the thermal paste and placed the new cooler with new thermal paste, now when I start my pc, I go to the bios to check the temperatures and the cpu is from low 60 to high 85 degrees (C), is it from the thermal paste?? I need some help, thank you 🙂

 

[jay.wooster]

It’s definitely not seated properly mate. You are going to have to pull it out again, clean off the thermal paste and try again !!! It’s either not sitting correctly, you overdid it with the thermal paste or its crappy thermal paste....

 

[jay.wooster]

Just confirming those temps you gave are at idle ?

 

[jeff09]

Did it like 3 times now..

 

[jeff09]

The cooler doesn’t move at all, so I think it’s placed well

 

[jeff09]

Yeah, when I turn on the pc

 

[jay.wooster]

Is this the passive cooler or the one with the fan ?

 

[jeff09]

The on with the fan

 

[jay.wooster]

what are you using to monitor temps ?

 

[jeff09]

Like bios, or if it turns on speccy and it showed 96C when turned on

 

[jay.wooster]

Are you just placing a small ball of thermal paste or are you trying to spread it ? Needs alot less than you think...

Confirm that you have not overclocked the CPU at all ?

 

[jay.wooster]

Didn't watch all of this video but its exactly what you did, please make sure you have done as he has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaifSEn1dWQ

 

[jeff09]

So I put just a little ball of thermal paste in the middle, and yeah, the cpu was over locked and the temperatures were 45C when turning on. I removed the over lock but it’s the same

 

[jay.wooster]

Did you lower the voltage ? Can you tell me what the core voltage is set too ?

 

[jeff09]

Any of these ?
CPU voltage 1.128V
3.3v voltage 3.328V
5v voltage 5.208V
12v voltage 12.208V

 

[jay.wooster]

1.12 would be it... That's not the problem then.... If you have reseated it three times and it is still failing then i would try putting the Intel Stock cooler back on. If putting the Intel Cooler back on works fine then you will have to RMA the new cooler bud. Sorry to be a pain but there is very little that can go wrong with a heatsink with a fan on top, it's not the fan as those temps you are showing means the heatsink isnt doing it's job at all.

Pain in the butt to do all this work and potentially be back where you started but this stuff happens unfortunately....

 

[jeff09]

Yeah but the problem is I broke the push pins on the stock cooler ;(

 

[jay.wooster]

ah heck, if you ring around one of your local stores may give you one at no cost or very very cheap. No quick solution though bud if your sure the thermal paste is being applied properly. Im sure your trying to save money but a $10 cooler is a dangerous thing, especially if your overclocking bud...

 

[jeff09]

Yeah, but it says that it’s better than the stock cooler idk

 

[jay.wooster]

All good mate, you can only do what you can do. You may get an Intel Stock cooler for free or very cheap as a replacement mate...

 

[jeff09]

Wanna mention that the thermal paste I bought was from a store for everything and it costed like 2$ and it was the best one they had 😀

 

[jay.wooster]

Ouch, that could well be the reason mate, it could be glue for all we know Spend $10 on some thermal paste or ask to borrow some from a mate but that would be a valid explanation for it. There isnt much that can technically go wrong with a heatsink, its a chunk of metal so the Thermal Paste now makes much more sense.... Spend $9 on a decent tube and you should fix your problem

 

[jeff09]

Yeah, that’s my last chance, thanks for your time dude

 

[jay.wooster]

No problem mate, good luck !!!