Temps are higher then normal

[Ty07allstar]

For some reason yesterday and today my temps have been higher then normal. What are some reasons besides the obvious that they would be high?

 

[ionicle]

somthing obstructing airflow?

room tempriture higher?

stressing the cpu more?

stressing anything more?

...could be any number of things

 

[llwyd]

virus / application running in the background increasing cpu load.

dust

higher room temperature

voltage increases (unlikely unless you did it)

PSU being under higher load and so slowing fans down (if that can happen)

ummm......

 

[Ty07allstar]

It's not the top two but idk if its the bottom two. I haven't changed anything that i know of that would stress it anymore. It's not a virus or anything because i did all the scans i have to get rid of them. I'm not sure if it an application but i have checked and i cant find anything ad-normal. Also for some reason when its idle its around 30 and then when i put on music or start to use the internet it rises to the high 30's. It's never done this before.

 

[Sticky Mick]

Dust build up around the heatsink/fan?

Most soundcards use some CPU time, which could explain the rise when listening to CDs.

My AMD rig did that once, when I had it sitting on the floor. The temps used to be around 37degs at idle. As the months went by they slowly crept up to around 45-50. So I removed the fan and dusted between the fins of the heatsink, then things went back down to 37degs.

I was running the stock HS/fan tho.

Never noticed any change when browsing tho, but then again I never looked.

 

[tuco]

It could have been a power surge that damaged your hardware. Try opening up the case first to check for obvious things, like dust, or something jamming a fan. Look and see if all of the fans that are supposed to be always spinning (not thermally activated) are working. Also, does it take time for the temperature to rise to that point? Or does it start off higher, which could mean a damaged thermal probe.

 

[Toxcity]

I would just give it a clean out.

Get rid of all the dust that has landed in annoying places.

Then give your CPU some more Thermal geese.

That should rule out the option for sure.

 

[Dav0s]

I would just give it a clean out.

Get rid of all the dust that has landed in annoying places.

Then give your CPU some more Thermal geese.

That should rule out the option for sure.

u ahve no idea how much i laughed when i imagined "thermal geese"

 

[JN]

u ahve no idea how much i laughed when i imagined "thermal geese"

ROFL!

But yea, depending on what thermal geese you had on it before, the geese could have dried out. Applying some fresh geese should help.

 

[Toxcity]

Ops!

heh, nice spelling hey? :crazy:

 

[Sticky Mick]

Heh heh! Nice one Toxcity, that made me smile

I think we need a spill chicken so we can check our spilling before we click "submit reply"

 

[usofjisofdjs]

I find room temp makes huge difference to my temps more so than all fans on max to minimum, if windows not been opeoned etc