I just changed my CPU last night and installed a e8400.I was initially having trouble getting the fan+heatsink in place. When I turned on the PC, the temp went up to over 100C in no time and it shut down. I thought the heatsink must not be attached firmly and I tried reattaching it but it didn't help. I tried using the fan+heatsink for my last CPU (Pentium D 945) and it didn't help. The interesting think was that the temperature for one of my cores kept on jumping to -27C and back to 100C (as if the sensor was bad). When I touched the heatsink it didn't feel really hot. I searched and found this. So I wiped the CPU and heatsink clean and applied some paste, I also unscrewed my motherboard this time to make sure that the heatsink is connected properly. After I put everything back I got about 52 for each of the cores (similar to the link I've posted). So I launched NBA 2k9 to see how the temperature would change and each of the cores went up to about 65C and CPU was about 68-69C but it would go over 70C (max 74C) every once in a while.
Intel puts the thermal specification for e8400 72.4C.
The room temperature is slightly over 30C. I know my last CPU ran hot too but I can't remember how hot.
what should I do?
I can't RMA it.
Would buying a CPU cooler help? I know that the stock fan+heatsink aren't anything special but I'm sure it should be able to do better than this.
Could it possibly be a problem with the sensors? If that's the case I guess I could just leave it as it is, right? I might be able to connect a thermocouple to it but I won't be able to get a hold of it for another couple of days.
I disabled C1E in the bios would that have an effect on it? Of course the first time it got hot I had C1E enabled.
BTW, I haven't overclocked either.
This is my system:
Asus P5B deluxe/WiFi
E8400
6GB of ram (2x1GB kingston DDR2-667 + 2x2GB Patriot DDR2-800)
XFX GeFOrce GTS 250
Intel puts the thermal specification for e8400 72.4C.
The room temperature is slightly over 30C. I know my last CPU ran hot too but I can't remember how hot.
what should I do?
I can't RMA it.
Would buying a CPU cooler help? I know that the stock fan+heatsink aren't anything special but I'm sure it should be able to do better than this.
Could it possibly be a problem with the sensors? If that's the case I guess I could just leave it as it is, right? I might be able to connect a thermocouple to it but I won't be able to get a hold of it for another couple of days.
I disabled C1E in the bios would that have an effect on it? Of course the first time it got hot I had C1E enabled.
BTW, I haven't overclocked either.
This is my system:
Asus P5B deluxe/WiFi
E8400
6GB of ram (2x1GB kingston DDR2-667 + 2x2GB Patriot DDR2-800)
XFX GeFOrce GTS 250