ckfordy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Ive been having overheating problems with my alienware 14. My temps idle are usually 50 to 60c and with load go anywhere from 60c to 100c. My gpu stays around 63 on load and doesnt really go any higher. I have replaced the thermal grease with Arctic Silver 5 and I am still having temp problems. Whenever I run a stress test with Prime 95 or the Dell utility the pc shuts off usually within a few seconds. Ive been looking for answers for this but have not found any yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramzay Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Ive been having overheating problems with my alienware 14. My temps idle are usually 50 to 60c and with load go anywhere from 60c to 100c. My gpu stays around 63 on load and doesnt really go any higher. I have replaced the thermal grease with Arctic Silver 5 and I am still having temp problems. Whenever I run a stress test with Prime 95 or the Dell utility the pc shuts off usually within a few seconds. Ive been looking for answers for this but have not found any yet.I'm assuming you're talking about CPU temps yes? How long ago did these problems start?Is your CPU fan working properly? You can check the RPMs with several programs. That might be the first culprit, and maybe the most likely. You may have "broken" heatpipes or a bad heatsink, but that's probably less likely.I'm assuming you cleaned out your fans/heatsinks when you re-pasted the CPU? Enough gunk in there could clog up the cooling system.Is your heatskink making good contact with the CPU? Just because you re-pasted, doesn't mean the contact is firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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