pc overheating ?? help needed

felix65

pc has been freezing for few weeks now even on start up
just ran program SPEED FAN & got the results below back
cpu & aux have flame symbol next to them so how do get temp down
also what is aux?

SYSTEM - 28C
CPU - 80C
AUX - 120C
HDO - 38C
HD1 - 38C


Win9x:NO 64Bit:NO GiveIO:YES SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
Linked SiS964 SMBUS at $0860
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
Winbond W83627EHF (ID=$88) found on ISA at $290
SuperIO Chip=Winbond W83627EHF
Scanning SiSx30 SMBus at $0860...
Address $30 appears to be WRITE ONLY...
SMART Enabled for drive 0
Found ST3200826A (200.0GB)
SMART Enabled for drive 1
Found ST3200826A (200.0GB)
End of detection
Loaded 0 events

DatabaseError

take the side off the case, either use canned air (preferred by many) or just a vacuum cleaner, and clean the inside of the case, including all the holes at the back. check the fan's power connections. turn on the PC, can you see the fan on the CPU spinning? if not, remove the fan, take to a pc shop and say "one of these, please", refit. done! under £10.

Ximian

Sounds like the CPU fan is shot. I'm guessing the fan has seized. Like tonyhague said, have a look inside and see if the fan is moving.

felix65

yes fan is moving - been cleaned out
had normal house fan blowing into pc got temp to 60c but still showimg hot
and aux is still 120c

weegie.geek

don't worry about aux, it's probably misreading a temperature, or it's reading from a sensor that doesn't exist. I'm assuming it stays at 120 constantly, never changing?

Both hard drives and the ambient case temperature are sensible, so there's not a ventilation problem.

The fan's moving, but it might still be a little clogged. I'd take the heatsink and fan out, give it a good clean, then re-fit it. That will also make sure the heatsink hasn't become a little dislodged. You might find it's not making proper contact with the CPU.

If it's down to 60c that's still a little hotter than I'd be comfortable with for a processor idling. some older chips did heat up a hell of a lot mind you.

Conor_3

DO NOT TRUST THIS SOFTWARE.

I say that simply because a lot of the time it misidentifies what kit is in your computer and then provides false readings.

CPU is a bit toasty though although I'd have expected the motherboard alarm to have been sounding by now.

DatabaseError

good point, conor.
may be worth checking the temps as reported by bios

colin13

tonyhague wrote: »

take the side off the case, either use canned air (preferred by many) or just a vacuum cleaner, and clean the inside of the case, including all the holes at the back. check the fan's power connections. turn on the PC, can you see the fan on the CPU spinning? if not, remove the fan, take to a pc shop and say "one of these, please", refit. done! under £10.

i had same problem Ididnt have canned air got next best thin wife hair dryer on the cold setting,, the dust tht can flying out of it was amazing,, just give it a good blast with wife hair dryer on full power and cold and u will b fine:j