Question My cpu is overheating

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

My i7-3770k is running up to 90c the moment i turn on my pc, ive tried dusting it, replacing my cpu fan/heat sink, i even took it out and dusted the motherboard and the cpu but nothing, also replaced my thermal paste on it and i factory reset the pc and it didnt help. Im just asking for advice on what it could be.

 

[popatim]

Possibly a sensor issue or something causing your CPU to receive or draw excessive current.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

Didnt think of the sensor at all, so possibly. But what else would cause the cpu to draw extra power?

 

[Phaaze88]

Is it a push-pin cooler? Those pins do wear out over time, and you'll inevitably have to replace the cooler.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

corsair h60 is the one i was using, and no matter which one it put in it overheats immediately. It just rushes to 90

 

[Phaaze88]

Can you observe the cpu dropping clocks - excluding the power saving C-states?
It probably doesn't, since the cpu is designed to thermal throttle at 99.5C.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

yes, it drops. It feels like my pc runs in 10 fps

 

[Phaaze88]

My fault, I was hoping for a bit more detail on the actual core clocks.
Trying a different approach...

and no matter which one it put in it

What does this mean? There's another cooler? What was it?

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

Ahah it wont stay on long enough for me to look at them but After my h60 i used A cooler master i30, then a random hp one i had laying around

 

[Phaaze88]

Maybe the problem is under the IHS - but the cpu isn't that old..?


-faulty sensor like popatim says.
-virus or malware slamming the cpu as soon as Windows is loaded.
-using old paste. The substances are usually good for like, 7 years? It varies a little.
-the TIM under the cpu's IHS has expired. The Intel TIM's performance isn't stellar, but one thing it did have going for it was longevity.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

Its new drive with windows 11 installed and its before windows, its when right when bios comes up. I changed the paste 2 days ago on it. But the cpu is old i believe i did buy it second hand.

 

[Phaaze88]

You bought it second hand, but don't know if the previous user delidded the cpu and changed the TIM underneath or not.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

I bought the computer almost 3 years ago i dont think the previous owner did, it just started acting up recently

 

[Karadjgne]

What are you using to read the temps? If you boot into bios, what temp does it show.?

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

90•c

 

[Karadjgne]

3 different coolers, and bios shows a 90°C reading. That's a sensor gone bunk inside the cpu. Any software I know of also gets its info from the same sensor as bios does. What I'd suggest is try Coretemp or HWInfo64 and look at the individual core temps for all 4 cores. You can disable the cpu over temp warning in bios for that.

There's 2 sets of sensors in a cpu for temps, a network of sensors for the cores, and a fixed point for the 'cpu temp'. I'm betting that fixed sensor point is done and gone toast and the individual cores will be normal temps.

If you haven't already, you could try updating the bios to the latest. There's a slim possibility it's a bios error and is misreading the sensor or reading an entirely different address.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

I just tested with another cpu, its my motherboard thats cooking up my cpus

 

[Karadjgne]

How so?

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

I did a test, 2 different cpus into my motherboard they both immediately went to 90c then i put them into my old pc and my partners pc and they were normal temps

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

I did a test, 2 different cpus into my motherboard they both immediately went to 90c then i put them into my old pc and my partners pc and they were normal temps
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My motherboard does have a common Occurrence of problems involving overheating.

 

[Karadjgne]

The cpu has the sensor. So it's either a setting in bios allowing over voltage on the cpu, or I'd guess a vrm is toast and allowing over power situation resulting in over volted cpu. Could run HWInfo64 (sensors only) and see what vcore, vid, vccio voltages are. But if 2 seperate cpus show the same results in 2 seperate mobo's, and only yours is high, it's definitely pointing at a motherboard issue of some sort.

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

how much voltage should it be taking?

 

[IHateMyPortableMachine]

It was an issue with bios, thank you ive been trying to figure it out for days now