Temperatures rising, VDDA Warning

beehivemind

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Over the course of the past few months the overall temperatures of the CPU & GPU have been rising steadily until it reached ingame peaks of 50°C (CPU) and 60°C (GPU). The fans are spinning fine and all, and when i opened the system there wasn't nearly as much dust as i had expected. Today (also ingame) i then got a warning that the VDDA voltage was above 2,6V, which hasn't happened before either. What is up with this and how could i fix it?

I've already described another (main) issue with the system here, which still remains unsolved and has been present with far lower temperatures and no voltage issues for a long while already. Could this be related or is it just bad luck piling up some unrelated messes?

System:
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If you are using Asus's sensor monitor then the VDDA warning is nothing to worry about. This monitoring program is known for throwing false warnings. I personally turned it off because it kept trying to tell me my CPU voltage was to low and saying it was 0.50V which if this was the case my CPU would have been off long before the error registered.

50°C on a stock cooler isn't bad for an 8000 series AMD CPU so this is nothing to worry about. ON average an AMD FX series CPU will start to throttle if hte temps gets around 62°C.

60°C is cool for a GPU to be running while gaming. most hit 70-80°C while gaming and that is safe so there is nothing to worry about.

EDIT: As to your other thread, it really sounds like the PSU is bad and the...
If you are using Asus's sensor monitor then the VDDA warning is nothing to worry about. This monitoring program is known for throwing false warnings. I personally turned it off because it kept trying to tell me my CPU voltage was to low and saying it was 0.50V which if this was the case my CPU would have been off long before the error registered.

50°C on a stock cooler isn't bad for an 8000 series AMD CPU so this is nothing to worry about. ON average an AMD FX series CPU will start to throttle if hte temps gets around 62°C.

60°C is cool for a GPU to be running while gaming. most hit 70-80°C while gaming and that is safe so there is nothing to worry about.

EDIT: As to your other thread, it really sounds like the PSU is bad and the circuit protection is kicking in requiring it to be unplugged from the wall to reset then inside the PSU.
 
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Hey, thank you for replying so quickly. I was mostly worrying, because it ran at 20-30°C (CPU) and 35-40°C (GPU) for a very long while and started rising up by 20°C each only lately. I generally did think it was still relatively safe, but the extent at which it rose compared to what it's usually been at is what struck me as odd. Gotta clean it thoroughly soon in any case.

Edit: Yeah, the PSu has been suspected a lot by various people already, although the company didn't find any technical error with it and afaik it's neither too weak, nor of too bad quality.
Kinda digressing here, but i'm actually wondering if there could be something wrong with the electricity in my room itself, since the power in the entire room went out when i once tried to plug a regular lamp from another room into an outlet i didn't usually use (and has now been banned from being used ever). I don't know much about computer issues at all, but if the electric supply in this room is somewhat busted i'm guessing it might be too much to handle for a decent PSU as well? Will have to get a longer extension cord and check if the same issues continue with an entirely different rooms outlets.
 
IF you have a power strip with the ground fault detection circuit in it, use that to tell if there is a faulty out let. The light will usually be out if it is unprotected. Other than this and having an electrician come in, the only other option to protect the PC on the power end is an UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) that can condition the power output. For a decent one you looking at around $150 USD or so.
 


A UPS is nothing i'd be able to purchase right now, but i'll keep it in mind. Since the apartment's electrical network is the landlord's business around here i should probably contact them sooner or later in any case, not feeling too comfortable causing mild sparks when plugging in devices either (happens occasionally, didn't damage anything so far. Still odd and probably a safety risk. Should've probably related it to the ongoing pc issues already). Will def go and look for a low budget power strip with ground fault detection options.
Anyways, thanks a lot for your help!