Hi all,
I've got an issue with a gaming pc overheating and shutting down. The setup is:
We have 2 other PCs running the same motherboard and CPU. One has the same case and AIO cooler, the other has a slightly larger case and a 240 AIO. Neither of these are displaying any issues - CPU temps tend to stay under 60 degrees C.
Both PCs in the Deepcool cases have a 120mm fan on the radiator at the back and another 120mm fan at the front.
All of the AIO coolers are mounted to minimise the risk of bubbles anywhere other than the top of the radiator, with the hose connections at the bottom of the radiator and the pump lower than the top of the radiator.
None of these PCs have been overclocked in any way. I personally built all 3 of these PCs (and may others over the years) and no-one else has worked on them, so I know the settings haven't been altered. (CPU voltages on Auto and hover between 0.8 and 1.25V depending on load).
The PC that is overheating can sometimes run fine, for example yesterday it was used for playing games (Roblox and similar) and discord for a number of hours with CPUID HWMonitor showing it was running hotter than it should (CPU occasionally over 70 degrees C), however a couple of times in recent weeks it has just shut down and then gave a Bios CPU Overheat warning when starting up again. This morning we were going to some testing to try to isolate the problem and after around 10-15 minutes of running mostly at the desktop it shut down again. During this time I had the side of the case off and was checking the AIO cooler - there were no unusual sounds (gurgling, etc). HWmonitor gave a pump speed of around 3000 - 3500 RPM. After the PC shut itself down the pump housing felt warm but not hot to touch, and one hose felt slightly warmer than the other so the pump and radiator seem to be working and nothing felt like it was anywhere near 100 degrees C. The case and cooling system is relatively free of dust.
I then pulled the pump off the CPU, cleaned it all up, reapplied thermal paste and reinstalled the pump. On restart we opened up HWMonitor as soon as the PC booted into windows and it was immediately reading a CPU temp of 63 degrees C. Within a couple of minutes this climbed to high 90s - all we were doing in this time was installing the AMD Ryzen Master program to double check some things, so nothing at all strenuous for the computer. When the CPU reached the high 90s we shut it down before it shut itself down.
I was thinking this was a cooler issue, however now I'm not so sure. Other than it getting hotter than it should and occasionally overheating to the point of shut down, the PC seems to run normally (no lagging that might be due to thermal throttling or anything like that).
Where would this issue likely be? The AIO cooler? Or the CPU itself?
Thanks for any assistance.
I've got an issue with a gaming pc overheating and shutting down. The setup is:
- Asus B450M-A motherboards
- Ryzen 5 2600 processor
- Deepcool Smarter case
- Silverstone PF120 AIO cooler (can't fit a radiator larger than 120mm)
- Gigabyte Aorus RX580 GPU
We have 2 other PCs running the same motherboard and CPU. One has the same case and AIO cooler, the other has a slightly larger case and a 240 AIO. Neither of these are displaying any issues - CPU temps tend to stay under 60 degrees C.
Both PCs in the Deepcool cases have a 120mm fan on the radiator at the back and another 120mm fan at the front.
All of the AIO coolers are mounted to minimise the risk of bubbles anywhere other than the top of the radiator, with the hose connections at the bottom of the radiator and the pump lower than the top of the radiator.
None of these PCs have been overclocked in any way. I personally built all 3 of these PCs (and may others over the years) and no-one else has worked on them, so I know the settings haven't been altered. (CPU voltages on Auto and hover between 0.8 and 1.25V depending on load).
The PC that is overheating can sometimes run fine, for example yesterday it was used for playing games (Roblox and similar) and discord for a number of hours with CPUID HWMonitor showing it was running hotter than it should (CPU occasionally over 70 degrees C), however a couple of times in recent weeks it has just shut down and then gave a Bios CPU Overheat warning when starting up again. This morning we were going to some testing to try to isolate the problem and after around 10-15 minutes of running mostly at the desktop it shut down again. During this time I had the side of the case off and was checking the AIO cooler - there were no unusual sounds (gurgling, etc). HWmonitor gave a pump speed of around 3000 - 3500 RPM. After the PC shut itself down the pump housing felt warm but not hot to touch, and one hose felt slightly warmer than the other so the pump and radiator seem to be working and nothing felt like it was anywhere near 100 degrees C. The case and cooling system is relatively free of dust.
I then pulled the pump off the CPU, cleaned it all up, reapplied thermal paste and reinstalled the pump. On restart we opened up HWMonitor as soon as the PC booted into windows and it was immediately reading a CPU temp of 63 degrees C. Within a couple of minutes this climbed to high 90s - all we were doing in this time was installing the AMD Ryzen Master program to double check some things, so nothing at all strenuous for the computer. When the CPU reached the high 90s we shut it down before it shut itself down.
I was thinking this was a cooler issue, however now I'm not so sure. Other than it getting hotter than it should and occasionally overheating to the point of shut down, the PC seems to run normally (no lagging that might be due to thermal throttling or anything like that).
Where would this issue likely be? The AIO cooler? Or the CPU itself?
Thanks for any assistance.