| Windows 7: System Overheating |
24 Feb 2010
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (Upgrade) Indiana |
System Overheating I'm running on an AMD Phenom 9850 X4 2.5 GHz (complete system info in profile). The SYSTIN and CPUTIN fluctuated between 100C - 103C and 50C - 60C respectively, whereas the AUXTIN pretty much remains at a steady 114C. Cores 1 - 4 go through the ranges of 45C to 60C. How much of an issue are these temperatures for AMD systems?
*Temp. ratings are via System Information for Windows (2010 v.) | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite m9515y (Alt.) OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (Upgrade) CPU AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core 2.5 GHz (95W) Motherboard AMD 780G Memory 8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4650 1 GB DDR2 Sound Card Realtek ALC 888S Monitor(s) Displays HP 2009m 20" HD Widescreen LCD Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 60 Hz 32-bit Keyboard HP Multimedia Mouse Logitech Optical Wheel SBF-96 PSU 350W Case HP Mid-sized Tower Cooling Stock w/AMD Cool'n'Quiet 2.0 Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1 TB (SATA 3 GB/s)
HP HD5000S Personal Media Drive 500 GB (USB 2.0; 480 MB/s) Internet Speed Broadband; 20 Mbit/s (D/L), 2 Mbit/s (U/L) Other Info Blu-ray/SuperMulti DVD Burner w/LightScribe
PCI Express x1 TV Tuner
Realtek Cable Modem
Belkin G Wireless Router
HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer
HP Officejet 6110 All-in-One Printer
Insignia NS-3006 2.1 Speaker System w/Subwoofer |
25 Feb 2010
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#2 | | Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit |
I'm really not sure what the labels to the numbers mean, here are some options anyway:
Option.1) If the system is still under warranty, take it back for checkup, repair or replacement. Option.2a) Check to see if you have both front intake and rear exhaust case fans installed and running, buy what you don't have. Option.2b) Dust out computer with compressed air can. Option.2c) Buy a better aftermarket CPU heatsink. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit CPU Intel i5-2520M Memory Corsair 8GB DDR3-1600 Graphics Card AMD HD-6850M Sound Card Realtek Dolby Advanced HD Screen Resolution 1600x900 Mouse Logitech M510 | Logitech G400 Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB | Hitachi Travelstar 750GB Internet Speed 35 Mbps |
25 Feb 2010
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition FL |
those temps are to high. it's likely just clogged vents so clean those out first if it's an older system. but if your still covered in warrenty i'd seriously consider returning it. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified Memory 12GB DDR3 Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD |
22 Mar 2010
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#4 | | |
This reply is BS,all nvidea cards are overheating in windows 7 it is nothing to do with dust,dirt,silica compound,fans or any thing else,I have built two computers now one with a dual core amd cpu the other with a quad core amd cpu.
Both ran cool under windows xp 64 bit os, both have oveheated,to the extent of cooking a very expensive dual graphics card,under windows 7.
Playing games on a games oriented machine,is impossible,due to crashing,caused by oveheating cpu snd graphics cards.
It's time microsoft got it sorted,it's not a cheap os to start with then to have it cook your hardware is not funny. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number me OS windows7 CPU amd sephrom quad Motherboard m3a32-mpvv deluxe Memory 8 gig cooled Graphics Card nvidea 9800 ge2 (2xgeforce9800) on dual card Sound Card built in mobo Monitor(s) Displays iiyama PSU dxx galaxy 1200 watt Case nvidea cooler master Cooling 9xfans 110 mil Hard Drives 2x 1TByte mirror raid |
22 Mar 2010
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#5 | | Windows 7 Enterprise x64 Ohio |

Quote: Originally Posted by ruffian1 This reply is BS, all nvidea cards are overheating in windows 7 it is nothing to do with dust,dirt,silica compound,fans or any thing else,I have built two computers now one with a dual core amd cpu the other with a quad core amd cpu.
Both ran cool under windows xp 64 bit os, both have oveheated,to the extent of cooking a very expensive dual graphics card,under windows 7.
Playing games on a games oriented machine,is impossible,due to crashing,caused by oveheating cpu snd graphics cards.
It's time microsoft got it sorted,it's not a cheap os to start with then to have it cook your hardware is not funny. I've installed 7 Ultimate x64 on two rigs with NVIDIA GFX, and both GFX cards stayed under 70 degrees celsius under heavy load. Sorry, it isn't the OS. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number NVIDIA OS Windows 7 Enterprise x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 3800+ Motherboard GeForce 6100-M9 Memory OCZ Platinum Dual Channel - 4x1Gb Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCI Express x16 Sound Card Creative Audigy Sound Blaster Extreme PCI Monitor(s) Displays Compaq 7500 Screen Resolution 1024x768 Keyboard Logitech Mouse Radio Shack PS2 PSU OCZ 600w Dual 12v Rails Case Thermaltake Cooling OCZ Heatsinks, Fans, and Thermal Paste on CPU & Chipsets Hard Drives C: Seagate ST3250318AS SataII - 250Gb
D: Seagate ST3500418AS SataII - 500Gb Internet Speed Cable Other Info Dual Pioneer DVD/RW optical drives. LG CD/RW optical drive. |
22 Mar 2010
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 The Golden State |

Quote: Originally Posted by ruffian1 This reply is BS,all nvidea cards are overheating in windows 7 it is nothing to do with dust,dirt,silica compound,fans or any thing else,I have built two computers now one with a dual core amd cpu the other with a quad core amd cpu.
Both ran cool under windows xp 64 bit os, both have oveheated,to the extent of cooking a very expensive dual graphics card,under windows 7.
Playing games on a games oriented machine,is impossible,due to crashing,caused by oveheating cpu snd graphics cards.
It's time microsoft got it sorted,it's not a cheap os to start with then to have it cook your hardware is not funny. What are you talking about? The poster's specs don't say anything about an nVidia graphics card...
As the other posters stated, those temps are high. 1) Check airflow within your case; 2) check your cpu cooler; 3) check to make sure your thermal compound is not all dried up; 4) you may want to invest in a better cpu cooler and more case fans.
(Are you absolutely sure those temps you listed are in Celsius?)
Last edited by mpcrsc562; 22 Mar 2010 at 02:12 PM..
Reason: Just checking
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Rig 1 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz (AM2+) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (AM2+) Memory Corsair CM2X4096-8500C5 (4 X 2GB) Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5770 / Diamond Radeon HD 5770 CrossFireX Sound Card Asus Xonar DS (PCI) Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 932bw+ (3) Screen Resolution 4320x900 Keyboard Logitech Desktop Wave Mouse Logitech LX8 Laser PSU Corsair CMPSU-750TX Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H50 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 80 GB - Windows 7 System --
WD Caviar Black 1TB - Music, Movies, Vids, Pics --
WD Caviar Black 640GB - User Profiles & Games --
WD My Book 320GB external Internet Speed 20 down / 2 up Other Info LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray / HDDVD combo --
Hauppauge HVR-1250 --
Silverstone MFP-51 --
Logitech Webcam C600 |
22 Mar 2010
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#7 | | XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 Southern Ontario Canada |

Quote: Originally Posted by nialso I'm running on an AMD Phenom 9850 X4 2.5 GHz (complete system info in profile). The SYSTIN and CPUTIN fluctuated between 100C - 103C and 50C - 60C respectively, whereas the AUXTIN pretty much remains at a steady 114C. Cores 1 - 4 go through the ranges of 45C to 60C. How much of an issue are these temperatures for AMD systems?
*Temp. ratings are via System Information for Windows (2010 v.) 1) Try a couple of different temperature measuring softwares... AMD is famous for changing their specs on the thermal diodes at the drop of a hat.
Grab the attached ZIP... what do CPUZ and HWMON say?
HWMonitor will give you a break down by device and is usually quite accurate.
2) If those termperatures are accurate you've got real problems. TJMax on AMD is 90c ... The CPU Temp In is a bit high but at 50 to 60c not dangerous. I'd be more worried about seeing 100c to 103c for your System Temp In readings... that indicates a ChipSet problem. OR... it could be the software just doesn't know how to read the sensors.
Let us know what the tools in the zip tell you... Please... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew OS XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 CPU Amd 64 x2 4200 (2.4ghz) Motherboard Asus M2N-MX SE Plus Memory Kingston DDR2 800 2gb Graphics Card Nvidia GF-8400 Sound Card Realtek on Motherboard Monitor(s) Displays Acer x-193bw Screen Resolution 1440 x 900 Keyboard yes Mouse yes PSU 350watt In-Win Case In-Win Cooling Air Hard Drives Western Digital 500g Internet Speed 5mpbs Other Info Also ASRock ION 330 as HTPC (on XP).
Acer Aspire as GP netbook (on XP). |
22 Mar 2010
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#8 | | XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 Southern Ontario Canada |
Ok... these are my temperatures on an AMD 64X2 4200 currently being pushed with a lot of I/O and disk thrashing (doing backups...)
This is about what you should see under medium light to medium load... note the temperature of the I/O chip... it's been running heavy I/O constantly for 14 hours. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew OS XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 CPU Amd 64 x2 4200 (2.4ghz) Motherboard Asus M2N-MX SE Plus Memory Kingston DDR2 800 2gb Graphics Card Nvidia GF-8400 Sound Card Realtek on Motherboard Monitor(s) Displays Acer x-193bw Screen Resolution 1440 x 900 Keyboard yes Mouse yes PSU 350watt In-Win Case In-Win Cooling Air Hard Drives Western Digital 500g Internet Speed 5mpbs Other Info Also ASRock ION 330 as HTPC (on XP).
Acer Aspire as GP netbook (on XP). |
22 Mar 2010
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 The Golden State |
Looking at the information about the system on HP's site and a few photos I've looked at, I'm guessing--and this is a guess--that you don't have sufficient airflow within your case. Most store bought computers will only have two fans installed--one on the heatsink and the other in the back of the case as an exhuast fan (I've had an HP before). | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Rig 1 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz (AM2+) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (AM2+) Memory Corsair CM2X4096-8500C5 (4 X 2GB) Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5770 / Diamond Radeon HD 5770 CrossFireX Sound Card Asus Xonar DS (PCI) Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 932bw+ (3) Screen Resolution 4320x900 Keyboard Logitech Desktop Wave Mouse Logitech LX8 Laser PSU Corsair CMPSU-750TX Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H50 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 80 GB - Windows 7 System --
WD Caviar Black 1TB - Music, Movies, Vids, Pics --
WD Caviar Black 640GB - User Profiles & Games --
WD My Book 320GB external Internet Speed 20 down / 2 up Other Info LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray / HDDVD combo --
Hauppauge HVR-1250 --
Silverstone MFP-51 --
Logitech Webcam C600 |
22 Mar 2010
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#10 | | XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 Southern Ontario Canada |

Quote: Originally Posted by mpcrsc562 Looking at the information about the system on HP's site and a few photos I've looked at, I'm guessing--and this is a guess--that you don't have sufficient airflow within your case. Most store bought computers will only have two fans installed--one on the heatsink and the other in the back of the case as an exhuast fan (I've had an HP before). That's likely part of it... but when you start seeing 100c temperatures you have to think the heatsinks aren't seated correctly.
Couple of years back I got a repair job on a machine from G___way and it actually got out to the customer's hands without a CPU heatsink installed at all. IOW... stuff happens.
Given this is a fairly expensive PC, warranty return would be the way to go. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew OS XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 CPU Amd 64 x2 4200 (2.4ghz) Motherboard Asus M2N-MX SE Plus Memory Kingston DDR2 800 2gb Graphics Card Nvidia GF-8400 Sound Card Realtek on Motherboard Monitor(s) Displays Acer x-193bw Screen Resolution 1440 x 900 Keyboard yes Mouse yes PSU 350watt In-Win Case In-Win Cooling Air Hard Drives Western Digital 500g Internet Speed 5mpbs Other Info Also ASRock ION 330 as HTPC (on XP).
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