PC keeps restarting

[jitpublisher]

You say you do not remember putting on any thermal paste, did you peel off the little plastic cover that is over the thermal pad on the stock heat sink before mounting it? That will definetly cause overheating problems if you did not remove it.

 

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I ran memtest. I did 2 passes and I had no errors. It took me 1 hour and 30 minutes, testing both ram sticks at the same time.

Ram is not the issue I guess. I have not reset the heat sink. I will look to see if I took the plastic cover from the pad too when I do. Im going to do this right now If I can.

What temperature am I wanting to have though. I don't know what is low and what is mid range

 

[roadrunner197069]

Idle should be between mid 20s and mid 30s, nothing more aT IDLE.

If you check the heat sink you better have some thermal paste to reapply. Never try to reuse what is on there. You have to clean both surfaces with alcohol before reapplying.

 

[Zorg]

Core 2 Quad and Duo Temperature Guide courtesy of CompuTronix.

Also AnandTech: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme: Is More Better?, which i already posted.

 

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I did not take the heat sink off. It looks like the pins are pushed down all the way.

People on the Anandtec forum are telling me the temperatures are normal I am getting.

According to the post above me, my temps seem to be in the safe to cool zone. What gives?

Scale 4: Quad

Q6600: Tcase Max 62c, B3 Stepping, Tjunction Max 100c, Vcore Max 1.372, TDP 105w, Delta 10c

-Tcase/Tjunction-
--60--/--70--70--70--70-- Hot
--55--/--65--65--65--65-- Warm
--50--/--60--60--60--60-- Safe
--25--/--35--35--35--35-- Cool

 

[Grimmy]

The best way to make sure the HS pins are through, (I know it's a pain) is to take the MB off the PC case MB plate. And you should see the pins like this:

But, seeing your speedfan temps for 3 cores are at 35C (speedfan is 15C cooler) seems 50C is your correct temp, which is safe.

So I wouldn't say your temps are causing the reboots. Perhaps it is the memory voltage. Just look up the spec's on the modules you got, and set them accordingly in your bios. Using CPU-Z program can help tell you more info on everything while your in windows.

CPU-Z

Might want to be sure perhaps if you have the latest bios (check to see the changes if they list them) or drivers for all your components.

Hopefully you'll eventually find the problem in your trouble shooting.

 

[Zorg]

If you have a good handle on how to measure your temps by reading Computronix's guide then try stressing the CPU with Prime95 25.5. Check the maximum temps because your Idle temps should be in mid the 40C range not mid to high 50s. Here are the temps on my girlfriends machine. EIST enabled, voltage lowered in BIOS to 1.275, it shows lower in CPU-Z. Ambient temp ~20C. Ultra120 HS.

 

[Grimmy]

Ooopph.. ya, 50C at idle is abit high. Dunno what I was thinking... Perhaps I wasn't thinking. 😴

Ya, I'd have to agree with Zorg, that HS may not be on correctly, the more I think about it... now. :lol: