Motherboard overheating can surface in the form of stuttering, or thermal throttling. You may also notice it via system monitoring tools, or due to thefull-throttle fans.
In all cases, it’s best to resolve the heating problem quickly, as high temperatures are not good foryour component’s lifespan.
This can meancleaning the PC,ensuring optimal airflow,upgrading the fans, andensuring your system cooling is sufficient.
To find the best solution foryoursetup, first attempt to understand and identify what’s making your motherboard overheat.
Why Is Your Motherboard Overheating
Motherboard overheating mainly happens due to airflow and cooling issues or faulty components. Other causes include:
How To Fix Motherboard Overheating
Monitor PC Temperature Properly
To start, use at least two different programs to monitor the temps. I useHWiNFOand anOEM utility(MSI Center on my work PC). This will ensure you’re working with accurate data, which is very important for a few reasons.
First, it minimizes the chances that an app is reporting wrong temps. I’ve seen a ton of users freak out because Speccy was incorrectly reporting absurd motherboard temps like140°C.
Second, you may pinpoint exactly which sensors are reporting the highest temps.
Removing accumulated dustis generally the goal when cleaning the PC. This means cleaning parts like themainboard,heatsinks,CPU cooler,case fans, and dust filters.
Depending on which sensor is running hot, focusing on specific parts is also a good idea. For instance,
If multiple sensors are running hot, yourcase may have an airflow problem. There are various ways to deal with this:
Change the Components
