Hi all,
I was hoping someone could help answer a few technical questions for me. The CPU in question is a Ryzen 5 3600 (Matisse) 65W.
Background:
Recently I experienced something strange. I often run Core Temp 1.7 in my system tray to give me a rough idea of my CPU temperature.
Recently as I went to reboot Windows to apply an update I noticed that core temp was saying it was at 99c in my system tray. (I did have something similar happen a year and a bit ago but at the time was able to check Ryzen Master, see that it was about 50c out and when I closed and reopened Core Temp everything was back to normal). In this case though, I wasn't able to do it as I only saw it after I'd hit restart to do the software update.
A reboot showed the system running at its normal 35-60c and my logs for Core Temp were empty (I have logging enabled), so I suggest it had errored and worked out the temperature incorrectly, especially as the system was not unresponsive (so it was not throttling) and I was doing nothing to stress the chip. On top of that I had overheat protection enabled for 67c and it didn't notify me or shut the system down.
None the less, I was hoping someone could answer the following as I'm struggling to find a conclusive answer. Literature I can find says 95c is it's highest temperature but it's unclear as to whether 95c is it's throttle temperature, thermal shutdown temperature or failure temperature.
- At what temperature does the Ryzen 3600 chip throttle?
- What temperature causes the system to perform a hard shut down (power off)?
- IF it had been running at 99c for that short time (20 mins?) will the CPU be damaged or cause data corruption?
Thanks
Michael
Edit: Forgot to note that there is no overclocking, I'm using a Noctua U12A and I did some stress testing and it only got to about 74c. There is no way it should be at 99c sitting at the desktop, update or no update.
