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Solved overheating motherboard and processor..

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Aiden167

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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)

https://gyazo.com/f1a7aaebb35a1c07443e44afc875a167

I really will appreciate your help,
thank you.
 
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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?
 
#3
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?
 
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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.
 
#10
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..
 
#11
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.
 
#12
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.
 
#16
Couple of issues shown in Speccy but will stick with the below first;

phillpower2 said:
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.
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Can you answer the above question for us, Speccy is showing some very high temps and these can be caused by a flaky or weak PSU.

Veeg is correct in that the PSU voltages are out of wack as in the +12V rail reading is anomalous, the computer wouldn`t boot at all though if only putting out +5.056V, we need to see if we can get some more reliable readings, see below;

Please take expanded screenshots and only use the method below to attach them.

Download Speedfan from here and install it. Once it's installed, run the program and post here the information it shows. The information I want you to post is the stuff that is circled in the example picture I have attached.

If you are running on a vista machine, please go to where you installed the program and run the program as administrator.


speedfan.png


(this is a screenshot from a vista machine)


Download then run HWMonitor and post a screenshot so that we have a comparison to the Speedfan results, details from here


To capture and post a screenshot;

Click on the ALT key + PRT SCR key..its on the top row..right hand side..now click on start...all programs...accessories...paint....left click in the white area ...press CTRL + V...click on file...click on save...save it to your desktop...name it something related to the screen your capturing... BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A .JPG ...otherwise it may be to big to upload... Click on the Upload a File tab...find the screenshot..select it and click on Open... enter any text you need to then click on Post Reply like you normally would.

Screenshot instructions are provided to assist those that may read this topic but are not yet aware of the “how to”.
 
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