How did this happen?

[flamethrower205]

Hi,
I was really annoyed and perplexed by why my CPU's temperature suddenly went from 30's to the high 50's degrees C. Yesterday I was just browsing through my BIOS, when I saw that my VCore voltages were higher than what they had been. However, teh CPU is still at 1.2 Ghz. What happened?

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[Red_Zealot]

Did you up your core voltage or flash a new bios??

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[flamethrower205]

No. I did nothing of teh sort.

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[RocKo]

yeh musta done something. lol
it cant just do it, itself.


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[flamethrower205]

I didn't though. That's what's perplexing. I'll set them voltages back to what they were and see what happens. Also, CPU Fan 2 which is supposed to spin at 4500RPM has to spin at 5000+ RPM to keep the temp between 53 and 60 degrees C!

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[flamethrower205]

Now that i think about it, could it have been a virus?

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[Red_Zealot]

Electrical Disturbance? Fan not working? Some kind of Power problem? I don't think anything but the very early viruses physically affected a computer, like that one where youhave to take the battery out and replace back in the day. Todays viruses are more like "Format the MBR" or stuff like that. That's really wierd. Of course, your mobo might have gone whack...Try putting a standard thermometer in the case and comparing temps...

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[flamethrower205]

The problem is that the CPU and heatsink seem to confirm that- before I could touchteh heatsink and CPU after shut down, now they burn my hands.

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[Red_Zealot]

You using a mobo fan header to power your CPU?

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[flamethrower205]

Huh? Powering my CPU via power supply for fan- is that your question?

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[Red_Zealot]

My theory is this: You are plugging you heatsink fan (Delta 38?) Into the motherboard 3-pin fan headers...Over time, the amount of power the fan wants has damaged the connector, and it can no longer spin as fast as it needs to. Consequently, the heat of your CPU and heatsink rise, causing an incerase in temps.

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[flamethrower205]

It's a coolermaster, and the amount it spins has increased, yet the temp has risen b/c teh apparently higher voltages which I didn't touch.

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[Guest]

Just a thought. If you lower the ouput voltage in one area (ie RAM) voltages in other areas will creep up as a result. (At least with cheaper power supplies.)

...also, can't you just lower your core voltage?

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