A7A hit 80 degress C~!!! plz help

[KrzyPrk]

Today, IT HIT 80~! plz help
man, i dont know what's going on~!

Just now, when i turned on my A7A (cold boot), it was reading at 71 degress Celsius then it climbed up to 75! Right after that, I shut it down. The temperature is usually between 57-62 degrees Celsius. BIOS version 1007

Then I waited a minute, turned it on again. It was reading at 78 degrees Celsius. It climbed upto 80 DEGREES CELSIUS~!!!!!

Right after that, I switched to another HSF. Man, SAME RESULT~!!!!!

Can anyone help me plz? It was working well last night. I have no idea what to do at this point. ~sigh~

[The Coolest]

Was the HS hot when u touched it?
Maybe the mobo probe is playing tricks on you?
Did you use any thermal compound?

[eobard]

Originally posted by KrzyPrk
Today, IT HIT 80~! plz help
man, i dont know what's going on~!

Just now, when i turned on my A7A (cold boot), it was reading at 71 degress Celsius then it climbed up to 75! Right after that, I shut it down. The temperature is usually between 57-62 degrees Celsius. BIOS version 1007

Then I waited a minute, turned it on again. It was reading at 78 degrees Celsius. It climbed upto 80 DEGREES CELSIUS~!!!!!

Right after that, I switched to another HSF. Man, SAME RESULT~!!!!!

Can anyone help me plz? It was working well last night. I have no idea what to do at this point. ~sigh~

First off are you using the ANUS (freudian typo) Probe? The Probe is famous for giving readouts 10c above actual but I've never heard of it happening overnight. Usually it's correct from the beginning or it's off by 10c from the beginning. Still, try something else like Mother Board Monitor or SiSoft Sandra 2001 to compare your results. I've had nothing but problems with MBM so I recommend Sandra, you can get it here: www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra, the temp sensing is in the "Mainboard Information" section but you have to look through the results to find it. Regardless I'd consider even 57c to 62c too much. I'd check the surface of the sink to see if it needs to be lapped, maybe the top of the chip die needs to be lapped if you've tried more than one sink, man are you in a bad spot if that's the case! Let us know about your complete cooling setup, have you any extra cas fans? What is the room temp where the computer is? etc.

[Thelemac]

In general, all software temp monitors are going to be about equal...as they all rely on the in socket thermistor. They're good enough, though, to know that your temps are NOT GOOD (which you already know).

Give us some information on your cooling setup and we can help.

Don't forget to include vagrancies in the room temp, as those directly affect the temp of your cpu.

*Moved to "Cooling"*

[KrzyPrk]

hey guys thanks for your replies

Well, this did happened overnight. I dunno why. Anyway, I'm using Arctic Silver w/ a stock HSF that it came w/ but i never had any problems since i got this system which was like 3 months ago. oh, I have 3 case fans running. But this isnt it. This used to run better until today.

Also, I am using the Motherboard Monitor 5. That's where i'm getting the readings.

Don't forget to include vagrancies in the room temp, as those directly affect the temp of your cpu.

Regarding the cooling in the room, it's cool enough. I have 2 systems here in the same room. The other system is an A7M266 which is running at 49 degrees Celsius all day.

Anyway, I'm told it that I can have a cracked CPU. ~sigh~ So, what i'm gonna do tonight is do a switch to a 750MHz Duron.

[KrzyPrk]

OK...now, i have NO IDEA what to do~~~~

I just did a switch from 1.0Ghz to a 750Mhz Duron. Man, i just saw it go over 80 degrees Celsius~! So, it's not the CPU.

man, i cant think now. i'll think it bout it later.

[*JEREMY*]

i know that feeling,especially if you just spent a bunch of money on the stuff. I would say check out the mobo real good under a light to make sure there isnt any bare wires or any other metal that is touching the mobo and shorting something out

[KrzyPrk]

yeah, i just checked my mobo and all i found was some dust. So, i cleaned it out w/ dust blower. ok..now, i'm gonna try it out again.

[hooziewhatsit]

hmm, are you sure you didn't somehow get switched to fahrenheit (sp?) I did that one time and forgot that I switched, nevertheless I was freaked out when I went over 100.

You've probably already checked that, but I just thought I'd thow the idea out there.

good luck

[KrzyPrk]

Originally posted by hooziewhatsit
hmm, are you sure you didn't somehow get switched to fahrenheit (sp?) I did that one time and forgot that I switched, nevertheless I was freaked out when I went over 100.

You've probably already checked that, but I just thought I'd thow the idea out there.

good luck

thanks but i did check out if it was Celsius. I have looked at both the Asus Probe and the Motherboard Monitor 5 at the same time. Oh, the Asus Probe doesnt boot up but I still have the program- I was gonna dump it later.

Anyway, check this out......

I've noticed a pattern. When I first (cold) booted my PC today it first read at 71 degrees then it climbed upto 75 degrees. Well around there.

Minutes later, on my 2nd (warm) boot, I remember it first read 75-78 degrees then it climbed up to 80.

Half hour later, I've switched to another HSF and it first read at 80 degrees then it climbed upto 83. That should be considered a cold boot~ wouldn't it???

Then hours later, I booted again...it read at 83 degrees from a Cold boot. Now, I know there's a pattern~!!!! It's pretty much reading where it last read. The last reading was at 87 degrees. I'm gonna try again tomorrow to see what it is gonna read first.

So, does anyone know what I can do now?

[-=UR=- Ranger]

hm, never heard of something like this happen....are u sure that the HS is seated correctly and makes full contact to the die?

Perhaps your socket thermistor has gone mad...

[KrzyPrk]

I'm very sure the HSF is on properly. Also, I have tried 3 different HSF and another CPU.

What I'm thinking that did this was the BIOS flash to 1007. I have flashed it a few days ago.

I may flash it back to either 1005 or 1006 version to see if the problem persists.

[Bruin]

I have an Asus A7V, using bios version 1007. I suggest you do this -

Have your computer off for a while, 2+ hours. Make sure your HSF is cool to the touch, then turn on your computer. Immediately enter your bios and check your hardware monitor - CPU temperature. It should be about or a little under 40c. Watch it rise. With my HSF/cpu combo, I go from 40c to about 65c in 10 minutes. Keep your case partially open. When the temp reaches approximately 65c barely (be careful here) touch the HSF with your finger. It should not burn, but should be hot enough that you don't want to keep your finger lying there. Kinda like a hot pizza.

If, your BIOS is reporting 65c and your HSF doesn't even feel warm (touch the heatsink, not the fan :) ), either your bios is screwed or your temp gauge is screwed. Also, if you do not see similiar results as I have, same thing. I have heard of people doing bios revisions with Asus motherboards and getting some really weird temp readings. Good luck.

[KrzyPrk]

ok...i have flashed it to 1006 from 1007 and still no change.

Now, I've been on this computer for a few hours. It hit 104 degrees C and did not go any higher than that. Actually, it came down to 101 which I'm seeing now. Anyway, something is definitely messed up. I believe I'm in no danger of frying my CPU.

Do you think Asus will replace my board? Oh, also is there a virus that would do this?

I did run a scan at housecall and found a virus called JS_Nimda.A which I deleted. Still no change. sigh

Anyway, I'll continue later after I get some sleep.