Possibly a Power supply Problem?

DeCaffe · 11-03-2008, 01:47 PM

Well, all the hardware in my pc has been running really hot lately. HDD's in the 50's, graphics card in the 80's etc. In Celsius of coarse. I've never had an air flow problem before. This overheating just started randomly a couple of weeks ago. Now I even have my side panel off for more air. I turn off my pc and let it cool down, but once I restart it it heats up again in a matter of minutes without even loading anything. Could this possibly be a power supply problem? Any advice would be great.

Thanks, DeCaffe

Specs:
Graphics card: 8800gts 320mb RAM
650 Watt power supply
2gb DDR2 800 RAM
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.4 GHz
HDD's:
150gb 10,000 rpm
250gb 7,200 rpm
500gb 7,200 rpm

dai · 11-03-2008, 04:47 PM

what brand and model psu
what are your cpu temps and 12v line voltages listed in the bios
you can see the cpu running temps with this
http://www.download.com/Core-Temp/30...-10794077.html

DeCaffe · 11-04-2008, 07:58 AM

My psu is an Antec, not positive which model. The 12v voltage was 12.196v, and under CPU Temps it said: Tj. Max 85 degrees, Core #0 76 degrees, and Core #1 74 degrees.

dai · 11-04-2008, 04:42 PM

redo the paste on the cpu with some arctic silver
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm
your cpu temps should be close to 30c

11-03-2008, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
DeCaffe Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6 OS: Windows xp home	Possibly a Power supply Problem? Well, all the hardware in my pc has been running really hot lately. HDD's in the 50's, graphics card in the 80's etc. In Celsius of coarse. I've never had an air flow problem before. This overheating just started randomly a couple of weeks ago. Now I even have my side panel off for more air. I turn off my pc and let it cool down, but once I restart it it heats up again in a matter of minutes without even loading anything. Could this possibly be a power supply problem? Any advice would be great. Thanks, DeCaffe Specs: Graphics card: 8800gts 320mb RAM 650 Watt power supply 2gb DDR2 800 RAM Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.4 GHz HDD's: 150gb 10,000 rpm 250gb 7,200 rpm 500gb 7,200 rpm Last edited by DeCaffe; 11-03-2008 at 01:55 PM.

11-03-2008, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,646 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Possibly a Power supply Problem? what brand and model psu what are your cpu temps and 12v line voltages listed in the bios you can see the cpu running temps with this http://www.download.com/Core-Temp/30...-10794077.html __________________

11-04-2008, 07:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
DeCaffe Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6 OS: Windows xp home	Re: Possibly a Power supply Problem? My psu is an Antec, not positive which model. The 12v voltage was 12.196v, and under CPU Temps it said: Tj. Max 85 degrees, Core #0 76 degrees, and Core #1 74 degrees.

11-04-2008, 04:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,646 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Possibly a Power supply Problem? redo the paste on the cpu with some arctic silver http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm your cpu temps should be close to 30c __________________