You could have a faulty fan, slowing of rpm's, not a good conection with the heat sink. In non-computer situations, a slow fan will cause the temp to rise. But this seems rather high even for that.

You think you could maybe narrow down that age range from between 3 to 8 years old to something a little more definite? This is because, 8 years ago, cpu's didn't actually need fans of their own, just a good heatsink. In which case, it would be more a matter of deteriorated thermal contact between cpu and sink. Maybe time to clean off the old thermal paste and apply fresh new paste.

Have you checked the air circulation in the PC? Vacuumed out all the dust and cleared all the air vents? Was a new electronic appliance placed near the PC that also would be a source of heated air? Is the PC drawing in that heated air?

I don't remember the exact age, but the thing is pretty old...

The laptop sits next to the comp, to the right is the printer (which is a bit away from it). Other than that, no, nothing that I know of.

It was not the monitor, it was definatly the CPU. I'm no expert, don't ask me to check anything (no hardware expert, I 'm better with software).

This comp is gonna get dumped soon and will be replaced with a +2400. My bro is getting a +3200...

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That was the problem with MY computer. Bad heatsink and fan. You might want to replace those. They're a dime-a-dozen these days.

Hmmm... 100 degrees centigrade you say.
I was always told that 75 at max was lethal to a CPU, let alone 100 degrees...

I hope you know what you are saying, because that temperature is hot enough to let Water make the transgression into Steam (Boiling water is 100 degrees Celsius) as any chemicist would agree with me. Are you sure that it was what the thermometer said?? instead of Celsius it could have been Fahrenheit, because 100 degrees Fahrenheit is somewhere in the vicinity of 40 degrees centigrade IIRC. 100 Celsius... you couldn't even touch the case, without getting severe burns all over your hands. the burning smell I can't explain, but it was probably somethiing shortcircuiting. Doesn't the standard computer have a safety against burning out??

Edited by - Locutus on 7/1/2004 7:24:46 AM

It was °C and high 90s - 100...

The thing was pretty much in a bad state. The CPU overheated, we did manage to get the case off. It cooled down quite quickly. The CPU was scorching though.


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Edited by - Chips on 7/1/2004 12:01:05 PM

Speaking of which, Kendo, it is easier on the "ear" to say that yours are "words of wisdom" instead of "wisdom speaches."

100°C will cook a processor in a matter of minutes, next time it heats up like that, shut it down
i think it is the fan, but one question is the processor overclocked because if it is that makes for a lot of heat and can kill the chip

my 10yr old com is still alive.. only that its got 350 mbs max size on its hdd 486 btw

anyways all i can say is poor comp...i hope it gets better soon.

Toss some sausages on top of it for a few minutes ....

Ahem, just remember that "on-die" temperature gauges are not perfect; the readings could be incorrect. If the CPU HAD been 100C, you'd have signs of melting on the MB most likely.

The calibration on the thermomenter had to have been off. The melting point of soldier is only a few degrees more, isn't it? I saw an ad on overclocking where a guy had a small pan on his processor and cooked an egg, but, even close to that temp has to do harm, won't it? I would be curious as to the outcome of this situation.

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The one that started burning was the oldest one, around a whooping 3-8 years old )

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Well its a good thing you gave us such a narrow spectrum of time to work with