Hello all!
I have recently acquired a used Dell Precision T3500 but have been experiencing overheating problems. In SpeedFan it reads my core temps at 40-50 degrees at idle (i don’t know if these are normal temps). After 10 minutes or so it shuts down without warning. After re-booting it displays the message “previous shutdown due to thermal event” and in the bios logs it says cpu/chipset overheated.
So naturally I reapplied thermal paste to the cpu thinking that would have solved the problem but it still shuts down to thermal events. I felt the heatsink on the chipset and it was hot to the touch, so I zip tied a case fan to it and now it’s cool but it’s still shutting down! So I thought maybe the heatsink wasn’t cooling the cpu enough so I added 2 fans on either side of the heatsink but to no avail.
But for some reason when I boot in safe mode, it can run for hours. So I tried a fresh install of Windows 10 but yet again, thermal event.
I have a new cpu coming soon so I’ll try that and see if it’s the cpu but other than that I have no clue what else I could try, is there anything I might have done wrong or am doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Specs:
Intel Xeon W3503 2.40Ghz cpu
Dell 0XPDFK Mobo
Intel X58 chipset
8GBs ddr3 ram
Geforce GTX 750 ti gpu
WD 320GB hdd
I have also tried almost all heating solutions for this particular model I could find on the internet
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Once you get Speedfan, there is a box in “options” called “Use Dell laptop” ( I know the OP doesn’t have a laptop, it’s just what the option is called ) click it. You should now have complete control over your fans. I keep mine at 1200 RPM though they will go all the way to 3,000 if you push it to 100%
http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
For whatever reason Hardware monitor does not or cannot display voltages with Dell workstations.
I’ve seen the modified heatsinks for Dells on Ebay, I don’t like that it looks as though the builder shaved a good portion of the aluminum fins off to make the fan fit. If you get the right size fan , you can plug it into a molex, tie it on the rear and save money. Mine looks janky but stays cool.
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