my cpu is very hot! please help

[xkenmanx]

I am not sure why but today when I got home from work (i leave my comp on when I go to work) my screens were black and I couldn't get my comp to wake up so i just held the power button down and it turned off and back on just fine. but, when i turned the comp back on the fans were going very loud, louder than usual. so i thought it was my gpu because i downloaded a driver yesterday and it said failed or something and i just gave up on it but i turned the fan speed to 20% and it was just as loud then I said ok well lets find out so i downloaded speedfan 4.5 and it says my cpu is at 128C no I have no idea what to do. Could this be a virus or is it something wrong with my hardware because everything works fine it just have the fans going really loud louder then before today.

 

[Jacob McIntosh]

First off, turn the PC off. Then, take off your CPU cooler, remove the old paste, reapply new paste, and re install the cooler. Try to boot with the side panel off, and see if the CPU fan(s) are spinning. If they aren't, turn the PC off ASAP and fet a new fan or cooler. Also turn the fans back to at least 80%.

 

[xkenmanx]

http://i.imgur.com/pzS3zqC.png?1 well i downloaded cpuid hw monitor and this is what it showed me should i still do what you said?

 

[maestro0428]

Temps look okay to me. Check to be sure all of the fans are spinning anyway. Also check to be sure the heatsink hasn't come loose for any reason. The cpu should protect itself if temps get to hot and I am guessing that is what happened when you returned to the PC and had a blank screen.

 

[maestro0428]

I use Core Temp to read temps. You can stress test the cpu using Intel Burn test and check the load temps too.

 

[psycher1]

You like paying premium for electricity? Turn the dang thing off and you'll at least know when something happens, instead of having surprises like these. 300W (vague assumption, bordering on being on the low side) constantly every day of the year costs up to $350/yr.

Besides, then you don't have to worry about coming home to surprises like this.

 

[maestro0428]

A pc will not use 300w at idle all day. My i7 based rig used less when the cpu was fully loaded while folding@home. Besides, most people, me not being one of them, let their PC sleep while they are away.