cpu temp at 105

[spudders]

rite we have an8800gtx an awesome pc well we play cod4 and other games well our pc was getting rather hot so we got a new case yesterday a thermal take soprano with more cooling well we went on game and after a minute it shut the pc down and said it was 105 degrees , it wasnt hot and all the fans are on and spinning but we dont have a clue what it could be and was hoping somebody could help .. there is a yellow wire coming from one of the fans that is attahced ot the case that is not plugged in anywere . please if someone has any ideas it would be appreciated it goes idle at 78 degrees but :mad: its not hot

[Fruss Tray Ted]

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Have you looked in BIOS to see what temps are reported there? Are these temps you posted in Centigrade or Fahrenheit? Not bad for F but terribly HOT for C if so. The yellow wire seems it's possible to be a fan speed sensor.

Put a small fan blowing at the opened side of the case at the mobo and see if it helps. Possibly you need to reapply some new heatsink compound under the CPU H/S but it's confusing because you shouldn't have needed to remove it to swap out cases.

[jlreich]

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If it is 78C/idle and 105C/load yes it is too hot! :eek: Unless of course you would like your CPU to turn to silicon goo! It sounds like the CPU HSF needs to be reset, the thermal compound needs cleaned off and new thermal compound needs to be applied.

I wouldn't use the system until you take care of this. Also the shutdown temps are too high. You need to go into the BIOS and set the shutdown temps to the lowest setting, usually 60C.

[Spearball]

Yea 105 load is VERY hot for recent cpus. Which one do you got?