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Reason and CPU temps...

Im using reason 4 with an AMD 5000 Black Edition CPU, and when I get to quite a busy part of the song, my CPU temp hits 90-95 oC, it's a bit worrying really.

Anybody else have similar problems or suggestions ?

Thanks.

Wow 90 Celsius ?

Thats far beyond shutdown temperature.

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Originally posted by Sonic_c CPU COOLER FAN GET ONE QUICK $2.99 from any hardware store fit in 2 seconds.

You`re suggesting he doesn`t have a cooler ?

No I am suggesting he gets an additional fan. In my unit I have 7 fans and nothing ever ever gets hot. More fans less heat safer system.

I never used to have this problem, it only made itself apparent when one day I was just using my machine and it just turned itself off. At first I thought it was just a powecut and the realised it wasnt and after a bit of investigation realised it was the CPU getting hot.

It tends to idle at 60-70 oC and go upto 90+ under heavy load, which is not good. I was thinking about getting a new cpu fan and reapply the silicon coolin gel (or whatever it's called - ive forgot! lol)

It does also bring into question as to how accurate the temperature is being read, but if the machine turned itself off then it must be getting pretty damn hot! lol

The 5000+ is a relatively cool CPU, unless u overclock.

You should try to re-apply the heatsink, the CPU should not be this warm if you have done everything correctly.

I have a similar CPU (6000) and mine is idling at 50 C and 60+ under load, which is also very hot.

You could also try to see if your fan is spinning at the right tempo, your fan should now be very loud, if it isnt that might be the problem.

it's not overclocked and the fan is at a constant 2300 - 2500 rpm.

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Originally posted by Jimb0b it's not overclocked and the fan is at a constant 2300 - 2500 rpm.

Thats the problem then, because with those fan speeds there is no wonder your CPU is hot.

Right now my fan is running at 4900 rpm and my CPU is 55 C.

You should check your BIOS for anything related to your fan speed, depending on which motherboard you have.

hmmm, i'll have to go and check that then. I think I have the fan set to 100% duty cycle or something.

Damn that is WAY hot and is near thermal failure. What does it sit idle at? Your CPU should be sitting idle anywhere in the 30-40 Celcius range. I can't believe your system did not shutdown. Try the Freezer Pro 7 its pretty cheap and does a good job of cooling. I use it on my E8500 to OC it almost 1Ghz over stock speed and it does a good job.

mines rarely above 45-50 degrees without any complicated cooling. the cpu has a shit fan normaly running at 1300 and the cab has some running at unknows speed, has a switch behind with low/med/hi-speed lol, sounds cheap. its at low tho. nothing more. u might consider a new CPU?
i also have heard of some sticky cooling liquid to put on the CPU? no experience with it tho.

edit: subtle said it already, didnt read the whole post first

Well, ive gone through all the settings in my BIOS and there is nothing extra I can do to increase the speed of the fan. I have everything set to 100%, ive tried loading the motherboard's utility programs to see what can be done, but they are all based (including the BIOS) on a traget temperature - that temperature being 40 oC. I think the problem may be with the cooler, as it is a 3-pin type and during my brief bit of research, it appears that 3-pin fans cannot have thier speed controlled, only 4-pin fans can be, so this may be the problem as my fan is never going above 2500 rpm.

The motherboard is an ASUS Crosshair (Republic Of Gamers), and the cooler is a coolermaster (not sure of exact model, but a couple years old now)

I think if I carry on without any changes im going to end up with a fried cpu, knackered motherboard or both!

Anybody know of a decent cooler for the AM2 platform ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...name=Socket+AM2

If its a stock cooler it should have a max speed at around 5500 rpm.

It is just not possible to keep it cool running only at 2500 rpm.

Check if Cool N Quiet is off or on.

cool'n'quiet is disabled and fan boost is enabled. Like I say, its a coolermaster fan.

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Originally posted by Jimb0b cool'n'quiet is disabled and fan boost is enabled. Like I say, its a coolermaster fan.

Alright then, the fan prolly has a max speed of 2500 rpm, ah of course, the BE doesnt come with a stock cooler, didnt think of that.

This one is pretty cool though

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16835118223

And keep in mind, the 5000 Black Edition is meant for overclocking, which means with a good fan you can get it to 3 GHZ easily.

Yes, thats another story the overclocking! I did try it several months ago following some of the articles describing how to go about it, but I just couldnt get the same kind of results. I forget the exact details now, but if I remember rightly mine was starting with a higher voltage than what the reviews where saying ? :S (for example, the article was saying take the voltage from 1.4v to 1.7v, whereas mine was already at 1.7v, therefore reducing my overclocking potential - dont take the figure literal, it's just an example)

With regards to the cooler, I was thinking of http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=405603 (im in the UK), but the "Average Fan Speed : 2650" concerns me somewhat.

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Originally posted by Jimb0b Yes, thats another story the overclocking! I did try it several months ago following some of the articles describing how to go about it, but I just couldnt get the same kind of results. I forget the exact details now, but if I remember rightly mine was starting with a higher voltage than what the reviews where saying ? :S (for example, the article was saying take the voltage from 1.4v to 1.7v, whereas mine was already at 1.7v, therefore reducing my overclocking potential - dont take the figure literal, it's just an example)

That just means that ur voltage is way too high. The default voltage should be 1.4, whereas yours is at 1.7, you can safely turn down the voltage to 1.4 and maybe you dont even need to buy a new fan either.

I have my voltage set at 1.375 and my CPU is alot hotter than urs since mine is 90nm whereas yours is 65nm and generates less heat.

Like I say, those figures where just an example, but I will go and check them now...

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Originally posted by Jimb0b Like I say, those figures where just an example, but I will go and check them now...

The default voltage should be 1.35 v and even with that you can overclock it to 3 GHZ, so if ur voltage is wrong, you might get lucky and save you that new cooler.

Well, looking at the review on tomshardware ( http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...ker,1708-2.html ), they have a voltage of 1.344 @ 2.6GHz, my voltage is 1.392v @ 2.6GHz.

U can try and turn the voltage down to 1.344 then, it will help a little. But ur prolly best of getting a new cooler.

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