Hi all.
I'm experiencing overheating on a A8-3870k APU I have in my sister's computer I built back in 2012.
It is paired with a MSI A75A-G55 motherboard.
It is cooled by a stock AMD cooler. (please dont stop reading here.)
It began when she told me that her computer would "shut itself off" and the screen went black after some time playing her favorite game, Goat Simulator.
Adding to the details, she has had no problem playing the game for the past several months.
Curious to replicate the problem, I did, and sure enough it did as she described - appearing as a thermal shutdown. After I got Windows to boot back up, I downloaded HWInfo64 and ran a sensor log. Recording temps, I played the game again and it crashed. Upon restarting (I needed to give the CPU some time to cool off), I looked at the logs. The temperatures were high, I believe sub 70c. I do not know the max operating temp, but this site says 72.7c: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-A8-Series%20A8-3870%20AD3870WNZ43GX.html
Anyways, at this point, I take off the stock heatsink and reseat it, using AS5. I attempted to boot the computer and was able to get into the BIOS once before it began freezing. Checking Hardware Monitor in the MB Bios reported CPU temps of 80c. At this point, I turned the computer off. This was the previous night.
Today, I turned the computer on, went right into bios and checked the Hardware Monitor. CPU idling, I watched the temperature rise from high 30s up to sub 50s before I just turned the computer off.
At this point, I need some help determining if the APU has a problem or it all of a sudden needs some adequate aftermarket cooling. Regardless, this sudden change makes me think it may be hardware related.
I'm experiencing overheating on a A8-3870k APU I have in my sister's computer I built back in 2012.
It is paired with a MSI A75A-G55 motherboard.
It is cooled by a stock AMD cooler. (please dont stop reading here.)
It began when she told me that her computer would "shut itself off" and the screen went black after some time playing her favorite game, Goat Simulator.
Adding to the details, she has had no problem playing the game for the past several months.
Curious to replicate the problem, I did, and sure enough it did as she described - appearing as a thermal shutdown. After I got Windows to boot back up, I downloaded HWInfo64 and ran a sensor log. Recording temps, I played the game again and it crashed. Upon restarting (I needed to give the CPU some time to cool off), I looked at the logs. The temperatures were high, I believe sub 70c. I do not know the max operating temp, but this site says 72.7c: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-A8-Series%20A8-3870%20AD3870WNZ43GX.html
Anyways, at this point, I take off the stock heatsink and reseat it, using AS5. I attempted to boot the computer and was able to get into the BIOS once before it began freezing. Checking Hardware Monitor in the MB Bios reported CPU temps of 80c. At this point, I turned the computer off. This was the previous night.
Today, I turned the computer on, went right into bios and checked the Hardware Monitor. CPU idling, I watched the temperature rise from high 30s up to sub 50s before I just turned the computer off.
At this point, I need some help determining if the APU has a problem or it all of a sudden needs some adequate aftermarket cooling. Regardless, this sudden change makes me think it may be hardware related.
