AMD Athlon x2 overheating

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i have a amd athlon x2 3.2 GHz duo core and it suddenly started to get hot
CPU fan seems to work fine
i added another fan to the case, now i can run it a little longer before it starts too mess glitch out.
never shuts down though.
I'm running win 7 ultimate 64 so i cant install original chipset disc or the cool and quiet software.
every time i try to download something for it it say cant open VxD???
what is that?
i cant really find out what it is or how to work around it
tried dell download center
setup is about 5 years old, maybe a little less.
I'm thinking about purchasing a copper quad core heat sink and fan to try to compensate.
your thoughts?
my mobo is a asus m2n-mx-se plus

I'm running off mobo graphics

put a athlon x2 duo core in it and it didn't have the overheating problem.
what is VxD and whats up with that?
thought id put a quad core in it but what I've read says i cant but guy at computer store says i can????
does anyone know for sure
thanks:)
 
What are your temperatures and why do you think your processor is overheating?
I failed to understand half your post.
 
I'm with hellowkitty on this one.
Have you talked to the Dell folks, or looked at their online help site.
Most AMD Athlons run hot, but to say they are overheating is usually not the case.
 
quote:Has the weather been hot recently?
yes a little bit but in ac room
sorry so short last reply wanted to change to a pci express video card to make sure the gpu wasn't going bad
still does the robot like on youtube or something like that
 
hi me again
do you think a copper quad core CPU cooler would help?
it works fine until it warms up?

i have it in front of a/c and a fan sucking in cool air right in front of CPU and fan

and what the heck is VxD?
once again thanks
 
yes a little bit but in ac room
why do you ask?


Well things tend to over heat more when it is hot.

Anyway what is the problem?


Is it that you are loading your CPU so that it generates a lot of heat?

Or is your PC getting hot for some unknown reason?

All fans OK? No loose heatsinks?

How do you know it is overheating?
 
no sir
all fans working fine
in front of a/c with a/c blowing into intake fan directly in-line with CPU
didn't always do this
used grey grease on CPU
would copper quad core fan help
found one with copper fins, tubes, and base
 
Tmpin0 54c

tmpin1 40c

tmpin2 128c

fans 99%


cpu 85c


core 0 56c

core 1 57c

mainboard 33c

gpu core 59c

assembly 31c

air flow 31c

these are the readings
 
I'm not sure why it would have different readings for "CPU" and the two cores. 56 or so degrees is perfectly safe, albeit a little warm, but 85 is quite toasty. And are these readings at idle, or load?

Another thing to try to fix the problem is re-seating your CPU cooler, preferably with some new thermal paste, so that you can eliminate any possible issues of contact with the CPU.
 
new grey paste

readings at load and idle

re-seating your CPU cooler how board came with 32 bit software

every time i try download 64 bit cooling software i get error cant access or open VxD

re-seating your CPU cooler

your program worked fine
help
 
I'm sorry, but what?
Other than that, could you clarify a bit on what you have done already?


Anyways, I don't see how any software could help with cooling, and it probably does not open because you are not running a 64 bit OS.
 
swapped cpu with 2.7 duo, ram all at different steps
ran memtes ok
worked fine
quad core copper cpu heat sink and fan?
 
Try downloading HWMonitor to check your CPU temperature. Also, have you cleaned any dust out of your CPU heatsink?


Hey thanks for that, it works a treat, I can see both my cores temps (54C).
Never been able to a get a program to do that correctly before.
I will be able to see how hot it gets on load now.
Also has fan speed which is cool (no pun intended - lol)
 
I'm sure a better heatsink/fan would not hurt, but how did you switch your CPU with a Core 2 Duo? That is physically impossible.

About your tmpin2 being 128c, I would not worry about that. I have some temperatures showing in HWMonitor that are really high as well, but they will not cause any problems as long as they are not the CPU or GPU.

Finally, here's what VxD is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VxD
 
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