overheating motherboard and processor..

[Aiden167]

Hey everyone,

I decided to see if my 12 year old pc is still working good, when I turned it on, it had a windows xp and worked really slow, I thought it needed just to format, so it will work good again like it used to.
unfortunately it didn’t… the pc works really slow so I changed the processor, now it works better, but still slow..
suddenly I noticed that the motherboard is getting over 100 °C..
the processor is just the same… now I understand why it works slow..

Any idea why it gets overheating?
Here is a picture of all you need to know (I guess):
(as you can see I upgraded the graphics card too)

Screenshot - f1a7aaebb35a1c07443e44afc875a167 - Gyazo

I really will appreciate your help,
thank you.

[jmarket]

Hi Aiden167 and Welcome to PCHF

It appears the CPU is getting way too hot. Have you cleaned the inside of the case with compressed air and did you make sure the CPU fan is spinning? It might be time to reapply thermal paste too.

Also, can us more specs about your computer? Brand, model, year, how much RAM, how many fans on the chassis, etc?

[Aiden167]

I have already done everythig you said..
the computer is very old, i dont remeber exactly how old is it, but I would say about 12 years as I said above.
4 GB ram, and about 3 or 4 fans.
the main specs is in the picture, you need any specific information?

[veeg]

Yeah agreeing with thermal paste change.. We need your pc model name and model number..

[Aiden167]

I have already changed the thermal paste, I dont know the pc model and number.. can you tell me how I find it?

[phillpower2]

If I may chime in folks

Can you post the brand and model name or number of the PSU for us Aiden, you mentioned upgrading the CPU and GPU but no mention of upgrading the PSU which if also 12 years old should have been as any warranty will have long expired.

In case you are not already aware a weak/old PSU will not cope with a modern GPU and symptoms that you will encounter may include overheating.

[veeg]

Including what phil has ask…you can use this link .. Download Speccy | Find your computer specs, free!
Download and scan and then post. You can use a screen shot if you have to..

[Aiden167]

I have already gave you a screenshot of my pc specs from Speccy program..
what category you need me to screenshot you exactly?

[veeg]

Voltage please

[Aiden167]

i’m sorry but I dont understand, I know you trying to help but I dont understand about these things..
what exactly I need to give you? this is a desktop pc, how can it have a model number?
please explain me so I will understand..

[veeg]

With the speccy scan i need you to find the tab on the icon that shows the pc voltage,then post it. All pc’s have a model number and name/brand of course.. The model number could be in the front of the pc or in the back of the pc,on some labels more than likely.

[phillpower2]

Change of direction perhaps

Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

The url will hopefully give us the output readings from the PSU, namely the +3.3, +5 and +12V rails + the voltage that your CPU and RAM is/are receiving.

[Aiden167]

It is not in English, so I dont know if its ok but here you go:

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/bxmAjR28DhjkSP5GCTblUhm

[veeg]

Looks like you psu is failing on the 12 volt..I suggest that you wait on phil to confirm this.

[Aiden167]

ok thank you, I will wait then.