I need help with overheating mobo

[UberScary]

hello all i can say is that my pc has run fine for a while now but when i came to it this morning it started fine but after a few mins it shut down so i started it again hoping it was blip but then it shut down again so i felt the cpu cooler but it was bearly warm so i checked the gpu but still cold then i touched a heat sink that was red hot on the mobo . after a while i tried again and the same thing happend so i cleared out the dust and changed the paste but the problem is still there . only 1 heat sink on the mobo gits warm the rest are cool


components
cpu-fx6350
cooler-cooler master seidon 120v
psu-xviper 750w
gpu-r9 280x 3gb
mother board-asrock extreme 4 970
ram-8gb kingston


i have an open case so not many fans i do not know that much about pcs so please can u help

ps
my hdd is old and tiered now so it takes a little while to turn on

 

[Blaylock]

Can you use MSpaint and put an arrow on the heat sink that is getting "Red" hot. There are 3 heatsinks and none of them should ever get to awefully hot.



Also, it would help us if you could download HWMonitor(free) and try and get a screen shot of that window so we can see the actual temps.

 

[UberScary]

i dont have time to install on software on the pc it shuts off way to fast
the red arrow points at the hot heat sync thank you for helping mwe

 

[tikithorsen]

The way I see it, your only option at this point is to move your GPU to the lower PCI-E slot and aim a fan at the heatsink. That should buy you enough time for you to diagnose the problem.

 

[UberScary]

im going to take it to the computer repair shop in the morning i think but thanks guys for trying to help

 

[tikithorsen]

im going to take it to the computer repair shop in the morning i think but thanks guys for trying to help

Try what I suggested before wasting money in a computer repair shop.

 

[EarthDog]

Buy a small 40mm fan and zip tie or double sided tape it to that heatsink. $5 vs God knows how much from a shop.

 

[bob4933]

Go into bios and

Set bios to default
disable 2 of your fpus. (I.e. shut off cores 3/4 and 5/6).


May buy you some time to install hwmonitor.

 

[UberScary]

i was not sure where to find hwmonitor so i just used specky and asrock monitor and they both showed 30 but when i took the fan away from the sync it heated up again but both of the monitors showed no heat increase not sure what to do as we have a 5 day old baby at home so cant spend a lot of time or money on this .Oh last thing the cpu never went above 20 either . shud i tri my old cpu in the mobo its a 4100 fx a bit slower and less power draw

 

[xrror]

POWER SUPPLY .... might be the first thing i'd check?