After a lengthy FC5 session my pc bluescreened, and then hard-locked during forced reboot into Linux (Fedora). The second reboot worked ok (I guess it cooled down a bit), and I ran the usual chkdsk on ntfs volumes which effected some needed repairs, and fsck on ext 4 volumes which apparently did not need repairs. Suspecting overheating, I installed "Core Temp" on Windows 7 and ran FC5. Shonuff the Athlon X4 950 was running maxed out @ 3.7G, and blowing past 95C during game play.
I guess it's been doing this right along and was pushed over the edge by some particularly demanding Arcade games played a bit too long.
Side note: our building lacks thermostatically-controlled heating, so the super just sets it to Full-Blast/Torrid, to keep our numerous South Asian co-tenants in the style to which they are accustomed (typically 28C ambient or hotter in our apartment).
Yes, we have to keep the windows open when it is literally -30C outside (which it is as I speak). That cools it down to ~26C. Suffice to say shorts and t-shirt are appropriate dress.
Anyhoo I made a few adjustments in bios (cpu performance boost disabled), and put it into power saving mode in Windows 7, dialing down cpu max to 95% in advanced settings.
Now it runs much cooler (max 77C on my most recent session), without any apparent performance penalty in game, despite the cpu remaining at 3.2G without the boost.
Here's the kicker: I DID NOT NEED TO OPEN THE CASE TO BLOW OUT DUST OR INSTALL ANOTHER FAN. :-O~~~
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