How to determine the main cause of the problem of high CPU temperature

 

Have you recently noticed a slowdown in your computer's performance or strange habits like shutting down and turning on randomly? If so, the cause could be the processor overheating. Try to maintain the ideal temperature between 30 to 40 degrees Celsius, or sometimes as high as 70 or 80 degrees Celsius. But if the temperature exceeds this limit and reaches 90 degrees above, it will cause countless problems.

 

There are many solutions to this problem. But before following any solution, you must first know the main reason to facilitate the application of any solution and make the device work without problems. While it is difficult to pinpoint the cause; However, there are some signs and signals that alert you due to the high temperature, and we will learn about these signs from the next lines to be able in the end to determine the correct cause of the problem.

 

Loss of thermal paste reaction

 

Thermal paste fills the gaps and voids between the processor and the cooling fan and helps transfer heat efficiently, and we have prepared a detailed article in which we talked about its function. And how to properly add the thermal paste to the processor, I suggest you review it. But all this can be summed up in the fact that running a computer - and processor in particular - without thermal paste is exactly like driving a car without motor oil; This results in a loss of performance and efficiency required to function as it should.

 

Normally, if you've been using your new laptop for 6 months or half a year after using the PC assembly you purchased, you don't need to change the original thermal paste from the manufacturer. But if a long period has passed (ex: at least a year) you should check here the thermal paste, as a large percentage will have lost it during that period, thus causing the temperature to rise increasingly.

 

To check if your device's processor needs to change the thermal paste, unscrew the device until you reach the motherboard, then locate the processor and remove the cooling fan or heat pipe (if you are using a laptop). If you notice that the thermal paste is hard Slightly clean the surface of the processor and the cooling fan and add a small amount of new thermal paste. Then, monitor the temperature for a few days using Speccy or Core Temp.

 

Thermal paste: what are its types? And how to add it correctly to the processor

dust accumulation

 

The accumulation of dust and dirt in computers to the extent that it leads to blocking the ventilation holes and obstructing the cooling fan blades may cause many problems to the internal components, not to mention the annoying sound from the processor fan as a result of the temperature rising above the permissible limit. So, if you've been using your computer or laptop for a very long time, about a year or more, it's time to clean your computer. This move can do wonders and significantly boost performance - it even changes the 360-degree temperature scales.

 

The easiest way to clean your computer is to use a blower or air pump that you can find in electrical stores. After you have it, turn it on at a distance of 20 cm to easily expel dirt and dust from the computer. But for small or hard-to-reach places, you can use a cotton bud to clean the ear moistened with isopropyl alcohol to ensure no damage to the components or the motherboard. It might take an hour or two, but that's better than spending a handful of money when a component breaks or your processor burns out.

 

Cooling fan not positioned correctly

 

If you check the above signs and the CPU temperature is still high, it is most likely because the cooling fan was not properly installed on top of the processor after you changed the thermal paste or cleaned the computer of dirt and dust. When this happens and the cooling fan is incorrectly positioned, the fan will not make full contact with the processor; Which leads to an increase in temperature.

 

 So now your job is to completely remove the cooling fan from the processor and reinstall it. While doing this, make sure that the fan is positioned correctly and according to where the screws are attached to the motherboard, and then work on attaching the fan to the mounting base well using a screwdriver or plastic locks, depending on the type of fan you have. Also, make sure that the fan cable is well connected to the motherboard.

 

Computer infected with virus

 

Perhaps the problem of the CPU overheating has nothing to do with the hardware; Any internal parts in the computer - it has to do with the software or the operating system. If your device is infected with a dangerous virus or malware, it may lead to constantly increasing device resource consumption while working in the background, causing processor fatigue and overheating which results in a slowdown in performance. 

Therefore, scanning the computer for viruses can be considered one solution to this problem. Try using a powerful antivirus program like Avast or Avira as well as an anti-malware program like Malwarebytes to detect and remove any virus in your device, and it is better to use a "Full Scan" in the program you will use so that the files are scanned individually.

 

Improperly overclocking the processor

 

As most of you know, it is possible to raise the speed of the processor and improve the performance of the computer by doing the work of “overclocking” the processor, and because this process depends on raising the frequency of the processor, which results in the processor needing more power and generating higher heat, and therefore you must perform this process properly. Careful and be careful when changing any value related to processor speed through the BIOS/UEFI screen.

 In general, if you overclock the processor and notice a rise in temperature, where it exceeds 80 and 90 degrees Celsius, you have no choice but to undo this process and make the processor work normally, or invest some money and buy a professional cooling fan that works on Efficiently extracting the processor heat or moving to the water cooling system to make the processor work without problems with high frequencies.

 

Overclocking the processor, how and why we do it?

There are many reasons for the processor overheating, and you will encounter many errors during the experiment and fix them through different methods. Fortunately, cooling the processor is a rather easy task using one or a combination of the above methods.