pyromaster114
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Okay so I recently had a bit of a problem with my power supply.
Not sure why, but the 12 volt P4 CPU power connector quit working.
I wired up the connector to a 4-pin molex accessory connector now and the computer boots fine without complaints. Made sure to use the OTHER accessory rail, not the one that has all my devices on it.
So anyways, I get the computer back up and running, and the only thing that seems off is that my temperature, which was previously being reported as between 39C to 55C, is now getting up to over 100C or so the thermometer says. Not sure why, but it's clearly running very hot, much hotter than before.
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.5 GHz E5200
Motherboard: Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
PSU: OCZ 500W StealthXtreme
Anyone got any ideas?
I did re-mount the heatsink when I was troubleshooting the problem earlier, so I guess it's possible that I need to do it again and use some more thermal paste... however I'm pretty sure I mounted it pretty well. (However just to be sure I'll run out and get some more thermal paste tomorrow and mount it again...)
Not sure why, but the 12 volt P4 CPU power connector quit working.
I wired up the connector to a 4-pin molex accessory connector now and the computer boots fine without complaints. Made sure to use the OTHER accessory rail, not the one that has all my devices on it.
So anyways, I get the computer back up and running, and the only thing that seems off is that my temperature, which was previously being reported as between 39C to 55C, is now getting up to over 100C or so the thermometer says. Not sure why, but it's clearly running very hot, much hotter than before.
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.5 GHz E5200
Motherboard: Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
PSU: OCZ 500W StealthXtreme
Anyone got any ideas?
I did re-mount the heatsink when I was troubleshooting the problem earlier, so I guess it's possible that I need to do it again and use some more thermal paste... however I'm pretty sure I mounted it pretty well. (However just to be sure I'll run out and get some more thermal paste tomorrow and mount it again...)