Someone can assist you in determining the cause of your CPU overheating.
Someone can assist you in determining the cause of your CPU overheating.
Last week I noticed my fans making some strange sounds, but they seemed to calm down. Recently I restarted my PC after applying updates and went to sleep. Upon waking, the screen showed a temperature warning, so I went into BIOS to tweak the fan speed.
I removed any dust from the fans using compressed air, cleaned the CPU and cooling plate, and replaced the thermal paste. When I powered it back on, the CPU was running at around 45°C, but during gameplay it peaked up to 90°C with all nine fans active.
During a test with Armory Crate, the system shut down automatically at lower RPMs. I suspected a problem with the thermal paste, so I cleaned and reapplied it this time without using a stencil. Now the PC can't stay on Windows for more than a few minutes without shutting down, acting like a 'Quickdraw' BattleMech. I felt the coolant tubes earlier—one was hot, the other cool, and despite the lights, the top fans were still working.
I’m struggling to raise the fan speed further, and I noticed the air from the heat sink is cool rather than hot. I’m unsure what to do next. I feel like I made a mistake, but I don’t know exactly how. Just a week ago everything was fine, and now I’ve used quite a bit of thermal paste, Q-Tips, alcohol wipes, and paper towels, while my lower back is really uncomfortable.
Anyone have any advice?
@Storm Mollusk
What kind of cooler do you recommend? Some AIO coolers tend to get clogged internally, leading to rising temperatures. The MSI MAG CoreLiquid line had to be recalled due to this issue.
If you have a good air cooler, consider using it.
A recent BIOS update might have raised the CPU voltage or altered other settings, causing the CPU to overheat more than before. It’s important to monitor updates that are claimed to benefit your system.
I have a Lian Li Galahad AIO.
I don't have a good alternative, unfortunately.
If I did install a 'bad' update, I'm
not sure how to be certain, or what to do about it.
All the other components are at decent temperatures, but the CPU heats up as though I just dunked it in magma and it refuses to cool off.
It's worse now, after reapplying the heat-paste, but I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with that.
Now, even with no programs running Core Temp says the cores are under heavy load, which it wasn't showing before. I let it sit with fans on full and it just slowly got worse until it shut down again.
Concorde with the others about a negative occurrence with the AIO, like the pump failing. The temperature gap between the fluid from the CPU and the one exiting the radiator is just a couple of degrees, which clearly shows the cooling system is severely compromised.