My CPU is overheating

[rogueslay2]

If someone could please help me I'd greatly appreciate it. I've been getting this very loud noise coming from my computer for quite a while now, months to be precise. When I load up my computer sometimes I see and error telling me the CPU is overheating. It asks me to press F1 to continue with the boot up or press F2 to enter the BIOS. When I press F2 and enter the BIOS it shows that my CPU temp is at 87.5C/189.5F. The buzzing is not always on it comes and goes seemingly randomly. What do I need to do? is my fan shot or do I need to get a more powerful one? I seem to recall this starting back when I first installed a second harddrive and a crappy second hand gfx card. It was only a 12 gig one but now I've replaced the 12 gig slave with a 200 gig. Would that make a difference in terms of how much power I need to cool the computer? The specs to my comp are as follows.

Brand:
Sony Vaio PCV-RXA842
http://www.docs.sony.com/release/specs/PCVRXA842spec.pdf

Operating System:
Windows XP SP2

Processor:
AMD Athlon XP (Thoroughbred)
2000 Mhz
1.60 Volt

Motherboard:
ASUSTek manufactured
Model: A7N266VX

Display:
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
64MB

Memory:
512 PC-2100 DDR Ram

HardDrives:
Primary 80gig
Secondary 200 gig

Someone please let me know whats going wrong to cause the comp to overheat. If I need a new fan or something like that please let me know what kind or how strong as I'm not to familiar with this subject. Thanks again. If you need any other information please let me know.

[saphalline]

my CPU temp is at 87.5C/189.5F.Ummm... well! :eek: My first reaction to this was several loud 4-letter expletives!

Yes, this CPU temp is very high. To give you an idea, my idle CPU temp for my P4 2.6GHz is about 34C. At full load, it reaches no higher than 47C (when the room is warm no less). At 50C, CPU's start to get a little hot. At 60C, we start worrying about overheating. At 87.5C, your CPU is getting very near to its max core temp, which means it's almost to the point of melting!! I'm not kidding, it really is almost a liquid puddle of CPU goo.

So, what can you do about it? Heck if I know! On a standard system, you could just buy & install a new CPU cooler. But on a Sony Vaio, you'd have to actually open it and see what sort of weird cooling solution they used. And if you don't know what you're looking for in there, you'd probably have to contact Sony and ask them what they would recommend.

[azzey]

Get out your kettle and try to boil some water on that CPU! That's INCREDIBLY high... Can you manually set your system to cut the power when the temperature reaches say 70 degrees? I have my system set to turn off when the CPU temperature reaches 65 (it hasn't ever been hotten than around 45 degrees celcius)

I think you really need to seriously think about investing in some type of semi-effective cooler, or your processor is sure to be a gonner!

There's my two-bits http://www.pcguide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[LadyGrey]

I know, I'm no help, but does your computer still run??:eek:
At that high temp I'm really amazed it will even do anything!
Dude you seriously need to get hold of Sony and tell them what's going on. You haven't overclocked or opened up the case have you and done anything? I surely hope it's still under warranty. Very best of luck!

[LordGene]

you might have a failed fan or a bad heatsinker. with those specs, i dont think sony has any of their motherboards that have the ability to overclock. Are you using any overclocking programs to cause this?

your hearing that noise due to the fact that your CPU is overheating.

If you are not overclocking, then yes you got a serious problem and need to contact Sony

[SufferWell1396]

If you have a warrenty USE IT.. keep the hard drives and what not and jsut simply install them on a new machine, or like they have said get a new fan

[Boxo]

Im amazed it will still boot up. My PC has only passed 50 C once when i had a broken fan. Passing 80 C is way too high.

How many Fans do you have? Where are they and are they even operating?

You probably need to buy several fans to cool it down. To me it sounds like the Heatsink isn't properly installed and the fan on it isnt on. You really need to look into it more, going over 80 C regularly is terrible!

[marik]

My PC has only passed 50 C once when i had a broken fan. Passing 80 C is way too high.

dude if this guys cpu only got up t0 50 C when he had a broken fan, then your in serious trouble! heck, i'm still amazed that that thing hasn't melted a giant hole on your computer! THAT IS FREAKING HOT! yo umight want to see if your fans are working at all. if none of them are working, then your entire computer is in deep "Gooey" trouble. you need to get better fans on that thing(if it even has a working fan at all). and i just want to know if there is a program that tells you the cpu temp outside of bios(mine doesnt tell me the temp anywhere).

[Whyzman]

This thread was begun over a month ago...either our answers are being ignored, the problem is solved, or there's a puddle of smoking CPU goo that might have had toxic effects resulting in memory loss... :( :eek:

[marik]

This thread was begun over a month ago...either our answers are being ignored, the problem is solved, or there's a puddle of smoking CPU goo that might have had toxic effects resulting in memory loss... :( :eek:
LMAO! yeah probably. but is there a program that tells the temp of the cpu outside of Bios?

[Whyzman]

Most newer motherboards have thermistors built-in for temp monitoring. If this is the case, there are software programs that will monitor. I use Motherboard Monitor 5, or MBM5 as it is usually referred to...

It is no longer being supported, but for my motherboard I love it. I know that ASUS furnishes a software monitor, ASUS Probe.

[Erik]

It is worth noting that none of these utilites are given by OEM builders, but only aftermarket motherboards. So if you have a Dell you will never know how hot it is running. Wonder if there is a reason for that???

[mjc]

Erik...there are probably many reasons for this, but the big one is that most of the utilities are not 'official' software. They are third party programs that may/may not require support that the major OEMs are not willing to provide. The motherboard manufacturers, on the other hand, are willing to support a branded product.

It really wouldn't do, in the mind of some marketing weenie, to let the buying public know that the motherboard in your expen$ive new HP is not an HP product, but a crippled Asus one....

[saphalline]

It really wouldn't do, in the mind of some marketing weenie, to let the buying public know that the motherboard in your expen$ive new HP is not an HP product, but a crippled Asus one....Hahahaa! "Asus Probe LITE"!! :D :p

[Whyzman]

Had an idea...but it went away :rolleyes:

[Budfred]

thebest100,

Your post was moved to its own thread here:

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=50586

Please do not add your problems to other people's threads, start your own thread... You will need to give more info about your problem in that thread...