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Hi,

My CPU or something inside my PC started making rediculous high pitched sounds so i checked my bios for settings and found out that my CPU temperature was going into the 70C range!! At average its still like 68, 69ish. I have no idea why in gods name this thing is getting such heat!! When i do some process extensive processes, the thermal throtaling thing or something kicks in so it only works in like 50% of its potential 3.0Ghz. I found out that when my temp reaches to the late 60C range it starts sqeeking. Anyone have any clues whats up?

This is my rig,

Motherboard Name: ASRock P4V88 bios v.1.60 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
System Memory: 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
CPU:Prescott Intel Pen4 3.0EGhz (set @ default clock speed, fsb 200)
Heatsink:Intel Copper Core Socket 478 Heat Sink c91249-002
Power:EVERGREEN　Silent King-4 550W (LW-6550H-4)

Temp.:

CPU: 69C/156F<-what bios says and its really hot if you touch heatsink.
M/B: 32C/89F

Vcore 1.39v
+3.3v: 3.36v
+5v: 5.05v
+12v: 11.498v
-12v:0.97v
+5v: 2.04v
+5vsb: 5.40v
VBAT: 2.82v

fan speed around 2300/RPM

EEK help!! i think my CPUs gonna burst!! It hits the 70C termal throttling and 50% duty cycle which i think cuts down the process power to 50% when it hits 70C. Not good for rendering CG.... takes 2x as much time to render....

Plz help!!

yorokoB

Have you cleaned out the HS and Fan to remove any dust? Have you checked the CPU fan to see if it's operating properly?

You may want to just get a good aftermarket cooler.

JMMD,

YOU ARE AWSOME!!
I just cleaned my heat sink, couldnet see all the dust since it was under the table.

And Eureka!! youve done it!! the temp went down 20C to the 50s, still alitte hot but good!!

ive been trying to figure this out the whole day, thank you!!!

yorokoB

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

You might want to consider, taking off the heatsink and after cleaning off the old thermal paste/pad, with a little isopropyl/rubbing alcohol. Applying some new thermal paste and reattaching the heat sink.

Instructions for applying thermal paste can be found HERE.

Regards Howard

We should make another sticky "My CPU is overheating, what do Ido?!?". Its been cropping up alot lately...

That is right in the normal range for a P4 E proc.

I don't know if you have diagnosed your problem yet, but it sounds similar to a situation I had and it turned out the hard drive was close to failing and as a result emitted tremendous temps and sounds. Not much later it completely failed and when I replaced it everything was ok. I would try replacing the hard drive with a spare just to check if you have one. Hope this helps, but of course I could be completely wrong.

I don't think a HDD failure could've cause the CPU to overheat, but many things are interconnected in the computer to make this possible.