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CPU Overheating

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/cpu-overheating.106943/

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QeeR Original post #1
Jan 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM
My CPU was overheating and then i took it to a vendor who repairs it without changing any of the hardwares (as far as i know as i was not charged) ... And now the same thing happens (Overheating again) .. So the answer i am looking for is "What the vendor had done to repair it the first time i took it to him?" "And what cause this overheating and how to prevent it?" If it does not involve any hardware change then i think that i could do it without taking it back to the vendor .. I had replace the SMPS but i still got the same problem .. So its not the SMPS..I believe it would not be the UPS.. ..So If anyone could help i would appreciate it very much.. Thnx
zyberboy
Jan 20, 2009 at 3:21 PM
post the the system config n processor idle/load temperatures
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QeeR #3
Jan 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM
MY system Config : Dual Core, MSI motherboard, 256 + 512 DDR2 RAM, ATI Radeon graphic card,
temperature starts from 70 and ended at 110 (checking from the BIOS) and the system shut down immediately
zyberboy
Jan 20, 2009 at 3:49 PM
May be ur processor heat sink not seated properly.
Take the processor heatsink+fan and apply new thermal compound after removing old compound ,it shud solve the heating problem ,if u r not sure how, better take to the vendor itself.Also chk if u hav at least one case fan at the back.
overheating problems r not caused by smps or ups.
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QeeR #5
Jan 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM
OK thnx
any suggestion on the compound? Like the best to use
zyberboy
Jan 20, 2009 at 6:42 PM
First try with ordinary thermal compound.
best ones r Artic silver5 Rs 260/- and Arctic Cooling MX-2 Rs 310/-
both r good but not really necessary to use them.