Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 75 degree Celsius

[koushikvij]

Hi

I own Intel Core2Quad Q6600 with Asus P5KPL-CM Mobo, 2 GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM, 500 GB HDD and MSI Geforce 9400GT 1 GB Graphics card. My cabinet has two side fans which blow in air and one back fan which blows out hot air. The SMPS i use is Zebronics 400W Platinum series.

In idle state the CPU core temperature is 66 degree Celsius and i just opened solitaire the temperature shoots to 75 degree Celsius. The CPU fan's RPM stays at 1200(+or- 30). As discussed in other threads it doesn't touch 2800 or 3500 RPM. I gave my PC to a technician and he changed the power regulator and checked the heat sink. Still the problem persists. Now iam afraid to switch ON the system

Sorry for posting a new thread. I thought that my problem is unique for this kinda processor.


Please help me ASAP

[ssb1551]

Dija try to change d thermal compound?

[asingh]

^^
ssb1551, please post in coherent english. Thanks.

@OP:
How old is your system, and when was the last time that the heat sink assembly was re-mounted. 66C is quite high for the Q6600. Any OC..?

[ssb1551]

Dude "coherent" means marked by an orderly, logical n consistent relation of parts e.g coherent argument,coherent essay.I posted "Dija try to change d thermal compound?" its a coherent complete sentence.I didn't type half sentence n d usage of tense is correct too as per my knowledge.So wat exactly wuja like me to change abt it?

[asingh]

^^
ssb1551, thanks for explaining the meaning of 'coherent' to me. But your post#2 in this thread makes no sense and is 'incoherent' grammar. We try to not post in sms / chat lingo. Looks highly unprofessional and/or juvenile. I am not forcing you to do this, but if you want to make a mockery out of yourself, which you will realize when a)People ignore you b)Treat you like a pariah, c)Make fun of you. Then please continue with this behavior.

You may choose which of the below you qualified for. Best.

incoherent [ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt]
adj
1. lacking in clarity or organization; disordered
2. unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate
3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics (of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phase incoherent light
incoherence , incoherency, incoherentness n
incoherently adv

[ssb1551]

Dude I know wat "incoherent" means.But this is wat u typed in post#3 of this thread :
"ssb1551, please post in coherent english. Thanks."
n sry I dun wanna give d link to d meanin of coherent as everybody knows wat it means!
n dija even think b4 postin d copied meanings of "incoherent"?
1. lacking in clarity or organization; disordered - post#2 is a properly ordered n organized sentence buddy!!I dunno how u found it disordered:C_surprised:!!
2. unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate - I think any1 cn understand wat I meant to ask!!"Dija try to change d thermal compound?" I mean who wudn't get it.
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I wud hv concurred wid ya if u had asked me to type d complete words for e.g "the" instead of "d" or "about" instead of "abt".It doesn't bother me much as long as I'm able to help ppl,aint tht d reason we joined TDF at 1st place?

[ico]

well, I'm surely appreciative of your intention to help everyone at TDF. But the thing is, we have taken a stand against excessive slang language. You are a regular poster, and this is why we've warned you. Upto some extent it is fine, but I was myself left wondering about "Dija." If you were on mobile, we understand that and we can figure it out. But when you have a keyboard in front, it is the best to avoid it. Our rules clearly state that.

PS: We are very lenient here, moderators on other forums actually go for infractions + bans straight away.

And let's prevent any further offtopic discussion here and get back to the OP's problem.

[nbaztec]

Agree with asingh on this. There are currently 2.1 lakh words in English, and 47k obsolete words with around 9.5k derivative words & beats me why we still are trying to discover new ones. SMS lingo should stay inside an SMS. If it continues this way, I don't see any harm in removing some of the keys from my keyboard.

[ssb1551]

k guys..from now on its gonna be "did you" instead of "dija" n others too!!
But where has OP disappeared?

[pegasus]

koushik- does the heatsink feel warm/hot when touched?
A Q6600 G0 may touch 75C at times under load on the stock cooler, especially if dusty and in a warm ambient room temperature of 30-35C or so maybe.
Please check if the heatsink fins are not choked with dust, if you haven't already.
There maybe a possibility of improper contact between the processor and the heatsink.
Please check if all pushpins on the stock cooler are properly locked into place (sometimes it may not be locked/"clicked" in properly or sometimes one may loosen out)
Will it be possible for you to reseat the heatsink with some fresh thermal paste and recheck?

[koushikvij]

I checked my thermal compound just a week back and cleaned the heat sink for the same reason... But i still couldn't figure it out... Now the explorer.exe itself is taking 100% CPU utilization even in idle state

[ssb1551]

I think you should try installing a fresh copy of OS.But before that use a proper antivirus & scan your system to remove viruses.

[Power_user_EX]

^^ ? r u serious ??? what does that has to do with high temps ?
nyways... @ OP : First let us know the stepping&Revision of your Q6600.

Mine is Q6600 With G0 stepping but mine barely touches 70 deg when i OC it to 3.2Ghz + at load... but... reason for that is i m using Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme CPU cooler... still 70 degs is way too high....

Also tell me which software u used to get the temp...
Coz CPUs have 2 temp diodes on die...

tJunction(max) is 100 degs
and tCase(max) is 75 degs..

[Sam]

Originally Posted by koushikvij

I checked my thermal compound just a week back and cleaned the heat sink for the same reason... But i still couldn't figure it out... Now the explorer.exe itself is taking 100% CPU utilization even in idle state

did you cleaned off the thermal paste completely using isopropyl alcohol and applied new paste? or just using the old hard paste?

[Tech.Masti]

Fan speed is only 1200rpm? Isnt it quite low? Try default settings in BIOS....

[ssb1551]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

^^ ? r u serious ??? what does that has to do with high temps ?

No that wasn't for the temperature query.That was for the 100% CPU utilization query!!
Come on 100% CPU utilization by explorer.exe!!Duncha think there is something wrong with the OS(like infected with some virus or trojan)?

[koushikvij]

@Tech.Masti: You were right. The problem was with the Asus Q-fan Control. I enabled it in the BIOS. After diabling it my CPU idle temperature was at 48 degree celsius and the RPM of the CPU fan was at 2100.

Further there was a virus "Security Tool" that kept on bugging me. Instead of fixing it i reinstalled the OS. Now all seems well.

@ ALL: Thank you for your timely help.