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Title: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Max_Kreeger on June 06, 2009, 09:51:51 PM: Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been on in a while...stupid school taking over (exams etc...) but they're all finished so now I got time for everything :D

Anyway...my problem started a few weeks back, when my i7 920 hit 80 degrees Celsius from just running Firefox...THAT'S IT I had nothing else open. All I had open was 3 tabs of myspace. Now I think that is the problem because whenever it happened Firefox was using 300K of memory and CPU was under 100% load. I'm using 64 bit and the browser is 32 bit..if that makes a diff...Now to test if it was stable I downloaded Prime 95 to see if it would overheat. It has NOT been overclocked it is still on 2.66Ghz....it ran for 2 minutes and hit 78 degrees then I stopped the test. WTF!

What should I do ?

Thank you
Max

P.S I did scan for viruses.
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Tec_ on June 06, 2009, 10:07:01 PM: plausible

-that you have a virus or some type of mal ware that your detection software is not detecting because it has been affected

-your cpu cooler is not atatched correctly or there is an issue with your thermal paste

more likely

its dying it could be a bad chip and its going south on you.
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: P3nnyw1se on June 06, 2009, 10:17:25 PM: Yeah, I'd remove the CPU heatsink and clean off the thermal grease off the sink and CPU, then re apply grease to both and attach them again. I'm running on an Extreme and it never goes that high....o.0'

Could be insufficient air circulation in your case as well, is your wiring neat/semi-neat and organized? Also, what other hardware are you running?
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Max_Kreeger on June 06, 2009, 10:57:36 PM: I have a TT armor+ MX case....9800GTX + GPU, DDR3 1600Mhz, Asus P6T deluxe mobo, 850W PSU and i7 920 (stock cooling). I didn't put the case together...the place where I bought the comp from did. I don't think its a virus coz I've scanned the comp with Norton 360 V2 and Spybot and nothing...
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: P3nnyw1se on June 06, 2009, 11:37:59 PM: Take it back to the store then if it's under warranty or w/e....they should sort it out for you
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Max_Kreeger on June 07, 2009, 12:30:33 AM: Kk, thanks guys...what a load of sh*t...you pay all that money...you expect them to do a good job..

Thanks again guys for your input
Max
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Tec_ on June 07, 2009, 12:06:49 PM: i build all my stuff my self it much cheaper that way. and i trust my self
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: loganbyers07 on June 07, 2009, 12:21:05 PM: Tec. I am the same way. I dont even trust other people to build my computers anymore.
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Tec_ on June 07, 2009, 12:32:00 PM: max let us know what the problem was when you take it back
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: psp339 on June 10, 2009, 12:28:07 AM: Try to turn off Hyper Threading. It helps a lot if you have a hot i7.
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: haloed on June 22, 2009, 12:32:19 PM: No Offense but, Score 1 For AMD :#1:!! lol Just Kidding.
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Tec_ on June 22, 2009, 04:40:32 PM: don't spam two week old posts
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: loganbyers07 on June 22, 2009, 07:21:10 PM: Tec_ this post was revamped because the problem occured again. We were not trying to spam.
Title: Re: i7 overheat problem
Post by: Tec_ on June 22, 2009, 08:45:42 PM: Quote from: loganbyers07 on June 22, 2009, 07:21:10 PM
Tec_ this post was revamped because the problem occured again. We were not trying to spam.

No it's spam. Max started a new post because this one was close to two weeks old.

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