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So most people probably won't read this due to the amount of posts about high temps due to vcore or poor cooler placement and such but i have looked about on the web and i think this is a fairly unique problem. I am not super experienced when it comes to computing but i wouldnt call myself a noob either, although maybe i made a newb mistake which caused the problem...but anyways.

so i was overclocked to 3 ghz right. P95 stable, good temps, 35-37 degrees. I've got a 9700cnps and a silverstone tj09 and pretty good cable management. So anyways 3 ghz was only a temporary position and i was on my way to 3.4 and if it could take it, up to 3.6. So i began overclocking again after about a month of 3 ghz and thats where i got this random heat problem. Of course i upped my cpu vcore and such and such and it was a bit hotter at my new clock, but after having trouble with stability and needing to resume work, i lowered my speed back down to 3 and my voltages all back to where they had been at. So all good right? NO. my temps stayed where they had risen to. 40 C. I tried overclocking again on the weekend, not really paying attention too much to this increase. (btw the ambient room temp has not moved) So after this week i have noticed that wherever i place my vcore it is around 40-43 degrees. Except when i exceed 1.4 volts and it jumps to 43-45.

In the end i have reset all my settings back to stock speed. 2.4 ghz and 1.2 vcore and i am at 40-43 degrees celsius!!!! What the heck is with that!

My cooler is placed fine and all the fans work as they did a month ago. The only thing i can think of is that i had my VTT at 1.4 because i hadn't discovered GTLREF and couldnt get it stable any other way for some reason. Also i had my NB at 1.4 i think which drastically improved stability for me.

When i noticed the heat i lowered both these voltages and saw not change in my temps. SO did i blow my cpu with high VTT or what. BTW this is a GO.
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Also the only time i have seen 38 degrees C since the randome heat was when i had my gtlref set around +60 at 3.38 clock, yet that wasnt stable.

i clean pretty thorough with dust too.
Temps when i first got the setup running were like 32 degrees at stock speed.
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What's your case temperature?
What kind of TIM are you using?
By "blow my cpu" do you mean the sensor?
What are temps under load?

How long P95 stable anyways?
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What's your case temperature?
What kind of TIM are you using?
By "blow my cpu" do you mean the sensor?
What are temps under load?

How long P95 stable anyways?

What can i use for case temp?
CPUID measures motherboard at 32 degrees

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I didnt know you could blow a sensor, but i meant did i mess my cpu up? Can you even mess your cpu up in a way that it would stay at high temps?

Load temps when i was only at 1.4 volts where over 70 degrees.

at 3 ghz i had p95 up for 7hours
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Originally Posted by crashnburn_819 View Post
What's your case temperature?
What kind of TIM are you using?
By "blow my cpu" do you mean the sensor?
What are temps under load?

How long P95 stable anyways?
What can i use for case temp?
CPUID measures motherboard at 32 degrees

AS5

I didnt know you could blow a sensor, but i meant did i mess my cpu up? Can you even mess your cpu up in a way that it would stay at high temps?

Load temps when i was only at 1.4 volts where over 70 degrees.

at 3 ghz i had p95 up for 7hours

Sorry new to this forum. not sure whether to use quick reply or what
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Use RealTemp and check back here. RealTemp really works on the Q6600, i have experience with it.
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What can i use for case temp?
CPUID measures motherboard at 32 degrees

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I didnt know you could blow a sensor, but i meant did i mess my cpu up? Can you even mess your cpu up in a way that it would stay at high temps?

Load temps when i was only at 1.4 volts where over 70 degrees.

at 3 ghz i had p95 up for 7hours

Sorry new to this forum. not sure whether to use quick reply or what
If you don't have some sort of thermal probe, you'll need a good old fashioned thermometer
Mobo temperature might be NB or something; depends what program is being used.

I'm not sure you can blow a sensor or even if they can spontaneously die but dead/stuck sensors can happen

Over 70C is not a good place to be. Sounds like you need a better heatsink, assuming a proper seating of your current one. Maybe a Xigmatek S1283 Dark Knight?

Quick reply works just fine but you only need to do one or the other.
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Use core temp as Real temp is mainly for 45nm's,post some screen shots of idle and load temps BTW what program are you using to stess your quad and what is your Vid.
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Use RealTemp and check back here. RealTemp really works on the Q6600, i have experience with it.
Ive been using real temp. Right now at stock speed im averaging 61 (39 C) distance to tj max. at stock speed a month ago i averaged 66-68(32-34 C). I am dust free right now. Just cleaned my case and room.
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Ive been using real temp. Right now at stock speed im averaging 61 (39 C) distance to tj max. at stock speed a month ago i averaged 66-68(32-34 C). I am dust free right now. Just cleaned my case and room.
Check distance to TjMax under load.

Also with TjMax offset, RealTemp and Core Temp should perform the same for any chip, 45nm or 65nm.
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Check distance to TjMax under load.

Also with TjMax offset, RealTemp and Core Temp should perform the same for any chip, 45nm or 65nm.
Distance to tjmax under load at stock settings which i have right now are 42 and lowering after 5 minutes of p95. that is the distance on my hottest core. core 3 and 4 are always 5-8 degrees lower - 48 distance to TjMax. At only 1.4 cpu vcore which measures out to be 1.36 volts in cpuid i was dropping below 30 when i stopped p95
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Its not abnormal if you have 3-6c in your core temps,imo
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Use core temp as Real temp is mainly for 45nm's,post some screen shots of idle and load temps BTW what program are you using to stess your quad and what is your Vid.
I use p95 and my vid is 1.325.
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coretemp is reading the same numbers as real temp btw. ill get screen shots tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by saculreklaw View Post
Distance to tjmax under load at stock settings which i have right now are 42 and lowering after 5 minutes of p95. that is the distance on my hottest core. core 3 and 4 are always 5-8 degrees lower - 48 distance to TjMax. At only 1.4 cpu vcore which measures out to be 1.36 volts in cpuid i was dropping below 30 when i stopped p95
Not a good sign. I think around Distance to TjMax: 20 it throttles.
Sounds like a heat problem.
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