[SOLVED] Slow Overheating CPU help needed

puddin1 · 02-08-2008, 07:50 PM

My computer has been having some really bad problems lately that i cannot fix. I would really like to know if there is still some hope for my computer before i a) reformat is completely or b) buy a new one.

System Info:
ORIGINAL:
Computer Build: eMachines T3882
CPU: Intel Celeron D 335 (2.8Ghz)
Internet: Good DSL
ADDED:
VisionTek ATI Radeon X1300 Video Card
2 GB of RAM

My computer SUCKS!!! I can't even play Counter-strike (Half Life 1) without it lagging horribly. I have had this computer for 3-4 years now and recently it has been acting worse than usual. My CPU have been overheating on occasion causing my computer to shut down. I have heat-sink and a fan on it, and when I touch my heat-sink.... It's so hot it burns. Also sometimes when my computer is off all night when i first start it up I can play any game on the highest graphics with no lag whatsoever, but withing 2-5 minutes it slows down to unplayable.

Please help me I have tried everything. I can't underclock/overclock because that part of my system BIOS is grayed out and unreachable. I have tried register fixing programs. I am pretty sure its my CPU.

EDIT: I may have posted this in the wrong area of the forums, if so can somebody move this to the correct place, ty.

**Snoopdogie187** · 02-08-2008, 08:58 PM

Hello and welcome to the forum.

I would check for any dust around the CPU or just in the case in genreally and use compress air to clean it out. Also check that the fan does come on when it should come on. You should no let the computer get too hot as it can damge something inside.

You can also download speedfan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php and use that to keep track of the tempature of the computer.

and yes this is more in the wrong area, more of the CPU section would be better i think, but just check that the fans are clean and still spin when they are suppose to.

**pharoah** · 02-09-2008, 12:13 AM

yeah i would like to know what the cpu temp is getting to.also being an emachine the power supply could be at fault.

Zeroko · 02-09-2008, 01:39 AM

A bigger heatsink and fan would definetly help, are usually are cost efficient, also the lag could be to do with the servers your playing on, or your isp could be playing up.

puddin1 · 02-09-2008, 07:41 AM

My CPU is running at about 100C right now. I have dusted it but I think their may be extra dust beneath the fan that I can't get to, but i will try again. It is not the servers I am going to because my ping is amazing and it does this on non-online games also.

My fan on my processor is running at about 4330RPM.

**Aus_Karlos** · 02-09-2008, 08:00 AM

Get your self some thermal paste (Artic Silver 5 is a good brand $12). remove the heatsink and scrap off all the original thermal paste from the heatsink and the CPU and apply the new paste. Spread the new paste with a piece of card so that the top of the CPU is covered and stick the heatsink back on (you only need a paper thin layer of paste).
This should bring the temps back down.
The temp needs to be about 50c-65c for normal CPU operation.

Zeroko · 02-09-2008, 08:48 AM

Aus_Karlos has the idea ^^

puddin1 · 02-09-2008, 09:23 AM

Well I just turned off my computer used a vacuum to get out all the dust between my fan and heat-sink and to my surprise... MY COMPUTER WORKS NOW!!! My CPU is at a constant 50-60C no matter what I'm doing......I'm sooooooo happy my computer finally works again!!!

**Aus_Karlos** · 02-09-2008, 09:29 AM

Great to here that,
Dust is the number 1 killers of PC's. I would say every 2-4 months give it a good clean out.
Someone will mark the thread as solved as soon as they can.

Good Luck.

**Snoopdogie187** · 02-09-2008, 11:33 AM

For dust, can of compressed air works well, and they are cheap. If you have a air compressor that would work too, just dont let it put out too much air pressure.

dai · 02-09-2008, 12:11 PM

it's still to hot redo the paste with some arctic silver as was posted previously
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm

puddin1 · 02-09-2008, 02:22 PM

No it is perfect. Thank you everybody so much.

02-08-2008, 07:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
puddin1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	[SOLVED] Slow Overheating CPU help needed My computer has been having some really bad problems lately that i cannot fix. I would really like to know if there is still some hope for my computer before i a) reformat is completely or b) buy a new one. System Info: ORIGINAL: Computer Build: eMachines T3882 CPU: Intel Celeron D 335 (2.8Ghz) Internet: Good DSL ADDED: VisionTek ATI Radeon X1300 Video Card 2 GB of RAM My computer SUCKS!!! I can't even play Counter-strike (Half Life 1) without it lagging horribly. I have had this computer for 3-4 years now and recently it has been acting worse than usual. My CPU have been overheating on occasion causing my computer to shut down. I have heat-sink and a fan on it, and when I touch my heat-sink.... It's so hot it burns. Also sometimes when my computer is off all night when i first start it up I can play any game on the highest graphics with no lag whatsoever, but withing 2-5 minutes it slows down to unplayable. Please help me I have tried everything. I can't underclock/overclock because that part of my system BIOS is grayed out and unreachable. I have tried register fixing programs. I am pretty sure its my CPU. EDIT: I may have posted this in the wrong area of the forums, if so can somebody move this to the correct place, ty. Last edited by puddin1; 02-08-2008 at 07:52 PM.

02-08-2008, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Snoopdogie187 Oh! What shall I be? Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,536 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1, mom: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed Hello and welcome to the forum. I would check for any dust around the CPU or just in the case in genreally and use compress air to clean it out. Also check that the fan does come on when it should come on. You should no let the computer get too hot as it can damge something inside. You can also download speedfan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php and use that to keep track of the tempature of the computer. and yes this is more in the wrong area, more of the CPU section would be better i think, but just check that the fans are clean and still spin when they are suppose to. __________________ studying = day + night + any free time - times I have exams Infected computer? click here Has TSF Helped You? Posting System Specifications Please Donate to TSF

02-09-2008, 12:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed yeah i would like to know what the cpu temp is getting to.also being an emachine the power supply could be at fault. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

02-09-2008, 01:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Zeroko Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southend On Sea Posts: 49 OS: Vista Ultimate 64 Bit	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed A bigger heatsink and fan would definetly help, are usually are cost efficient, also the lag could be to do with the servers your playing on, or your isp could be playing up.

02-09-2008, 07:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
puddin1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed My CPU is running at about 100C right now. I have dusted it but I think their may be extra dust beneath the fan that I can't get to, but i will try again. It is not the servers I am going to because my ping is amazing and it does this on non-online games also. My fan on my processor is running at about 4330RPM.

02-09-2008, 08:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,391 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed Get your self some thermal paste (Artic Silver 5 is a good brand $12). remove the heatsink and scrap off all the original thermal paste from the heatsink and the CPU and apply the new paste. Spread the new paste with a piece of card so that the top of the CPU is covered and stick the heatsink back on (you only need a paper thin layer of paste). This should bring the temps back down. The temp needs to be about 50c-65c for normal CPU operation. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

02-09-2008, 08:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
Zeroko Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southend On Sea Posts: 49 OS: Vista Ultimate 64 Bit	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed Aus_Karlos has the idea ^^

02-09-2008, 09:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
puddin1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed Well I just turned off my computer used a vacuum to get out all the dust between my fan and heat-sink and to my surprise... MY COMPUTER WORKS NOW!!! My CPU is at a constant 50-60C no matter what I'm doing......I'm sooooooo happy my computer finally works again!!!

02-09-2008, 09:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,391 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed Great to here that, Dust is the number 1 killers of PC's. I would say every 2-4 months give it a good clean out. Someone will mark the thread as solved as soon as they can. Good Luck. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

02-09-2008, 11:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
Snoopdogie187 Oh! What shall I be? Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,536 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1, mom: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed For dust, can of compressed air works well, and they are cheap. If you have a air compressor that would work too, just dont let it put out too much air pressure. __________________ studying = day + night + any free time - times I have exams Infected computer? click here Has TSF Helped You? Posting System Specifications Please Donate to TSF

02-09-2008, 12:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,260 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed it's still to hot redo the paste with some arctic silver as was posted previously http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm __________________

02-09-2008, 02:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
puddin1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed No it is perfect. Thank you everybody so much.