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My computer mysteriously shut itself down with no warning a few times over the past 24 hours, both at times when it was not being used but left on (incl. overnight) and a couple times when playing a game, so under at least moderate load.
This led to me installing a temp gauge (Realtemp 3.7) and a stress tester (prime95). The first run of the stress test showed a between-test phase idle temp of 79C but quickly pushed the cores to 105C at which point I stopped the test.
Then I opened up the tower and did a pretty thorough compressed air cleaning and made sure all the fans were spinning.
Oddly, all subsequent tests I ran didn't push the temp beyond 80C, and averaged around 40C. And for the next few hours, temperatures were just fine, including during gaming. Then just minutes after I left the computer alone, the fans kicked into high gear and when I checked the temp it was climbing over 90. I've copied a couple pieces of the log to illustrate (the temp's are in C; the far right column is CPU load %.
Here, while gaming:
19:56:15 3372.37 36 30 40 36 46.7
19:56:30 3342.44 36 33 40 39 53.1
19:56:45 3342.43 36 31 43 35 54.0
19:57:00 3332.46 37 34 41 39 60.2
And then later, just after stopping using the computer:
22:57:15 1596.39 87 86 87 89 3.2
22:57:30 1596.39 92 92 92 92 3.6
22:57:45 1596.39 88 88 89 89 3.4
22:58:00 1596.39 95 95 95 95 3.9
It seems like there's an obvious discongruity between load % and the CPU core temps. Could my cooling system just be sporadically failing?
Basic specs: Intel Core i5 3450 Quad 3.1 GHZ, 8gb DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6850, CoolIT ECO A.L.C water cooling.
Thanks!
reseat everything because those temperatures are way to high if you water cooled correctly. Your CUP could almost BOIL water...You have major problems... – Ramhound – 2013-05-24T00:48:59.480
Any idea why the heat spikes are sporadic and unrelated to the core load? – Eric – 2013-05-24T03:00:30.647
When the temps get that high, doesn't the CPU get throttled back to help reduce temps. Then when that does not work and temps do not go down, thus mysterious shut down at low load seems not so mysterious. – Carl B – 2013-05-24T06:41:27.480
Did you add thermal paste during installation? Just curious as this unit ships with paste(or pad) preapplied. Too much is just as bad as too little. – Carl B – 2013-05-24T06:52:55.500
@Eric - It could be one of any number of reasons. Have you done what I suggested? Your system should not even get close to those numbers. I assume you have not overclocked your CPU since you didn't mention this fact. – Ramhound – 2013-05-24T11:29:44.117