I posted in another thread that my PC was reaching unreal highs of ~50 C (±). This was kinda explainable, if the temperature inside the room matched the temperature outside (nearly 41C). However, I ignored this as I have been running my PC almost continuously. It was making a lot of noise as well. I started playing crisis and it keeps crashing, screwing up the video drivers. This is odd as I could play it at above medium settings, with 4 AA @1280 *768 (i think) resolution. But now, even at medium settings and no AA, it just crashes after some 15 mins or less of gameplay. In these 15 mins, the temperature shoots up like hell (which I deduce causes the crash) and the entire system becomes unstable.

Normally, I would associate this to some hardware related issue, but since yesterday, I notice that while I'm in linux, the avg temperature barely crosses 42- 43 C. Agreed that not as many processes run in Linux, but I have it severely customised for a lot of stuff.

Anyone has any idea what's wrong> is my Windows somewhat corrupted? Just a side note: I tried installing Vista, but it wouldnt.  It would not procede beyond Loading System Drivers...

Just as a precaution, I'm downloading XP64 to verify if something is wrong with my windows or my hardware.

Also, one more thing... my CPU fan makes a whirrrrrrrrrrrrr noise when the temperature rises too much... like a paper is stuck or something. I cleaned everything, yet it does. So apart from the obvious irritation from that noise, it no biggie rt? Never came across this.

Get a heatsink.

squee666 Wrote:mines running at 56c but i overclocked mine

so have I... but its never touched 53c before. I have installed extra cooling fans, and though they arnt that effective, they keep it down. I never has a problem with any previous installations of windows. So just to rule harware issues out, I'll reformat, reinstall and check.

Senseito Sakura Wrote:Are you using a Stock Heatsink?

Yes. Stock heatsink.

Senseito Sakura Wrote:Are you BSODing or freezing?

Luckily neither of the two yet. Though the display driver gets messed. Till the time xp 64 downloads, I'll install FEAR and run it at max to see.. maybe its just crysis that's killing the system!

I have another suggestion.

Open the side of your case, get a fan, and point the fan at PC>

not the fan.. but the case panel is open. I think I'll order a 12" fan that I saw... if the new install doesn't work that is...

i remember once, i was cleaning my heatsink and didn't put it back on properly. it was running at 86C idle. i didn't check the load because i was worried it might catch fire.