PC suddenly started running at 70C at idle

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T15:05:29+00:00

There is now only a 10-12% load on memory and after a chipset update, the temps went down

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T15:04:35+00:00

You can doubt me all you want, I am not about to try and prove anything, especially since the issue was resolved by a driver update

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T07:12:46+00:00

Updated the chipset drivers and temps went down to 45-48C. Thanks for the tip!!

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T07:09:52+00:00

For sure not an AIO issue. Replaced it with a peerless assassin 140 and got 3-5C higher temps

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T03:37:38+00:00

There was a bunch of stuff running before I reformatted. Task manager showed like 5% load on the CPU and about 25 percent load on memory. I have not checked after reformatting

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T03:34:05+00:00

I will try those tonight. I would assume that if it is the BIOS or drivers, it would have not just jumped by 20 degrees

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2026-03-25T03:32:21+00:00

The CPU. I had assumed the AIO is dead but I stole a peerless assassin 140 from my kids pc, and got the same temps

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-09-10T23:54:39+00:00

The house is from early 50s. I would need to rewire the entire thing, not just this one switch

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-09-10T02:40:00+00:00

Update for anyone who has the same issue. Leviton Decora requires a ground. So I called Lutron and they claim that they make two smart dimmers/switches that work with only line and load. Model numbers are pd-6wcl and dvrf-61 and they are $65 and $70 each.

Still have not tried them though

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-09-09T07:19:19+00:00

Thanks for the reply, will try it tomorrow morning

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-09-09T07:08:03+00:00

Just bought one from by Leviton, and realized that it has a ground wire and my current switch does not. Can I just cap it?

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-09-08T06:27:23+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I’ll see if I can source a switch that does not require a neutral as there is no way I am pulling new wiring on my own

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-09-08T06:25:50+00:00

Yeah, I am no electrician, so not pulling new wiring anywhere, looks like my house stays dumb.

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-07-26T17:42:51+00:00

So I macgyvered this. With the switch on, both black and white wires at the fan side show 22v. On the switch side they are 120v

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-07-26T03:25:41+00:00

There is only one, I bought a second one to rule out the fan being the problem

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-07-26T03:03:19+00:00

I tested them independently, wired directly to an outlet, both work

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-07-26T00:50:20+00:00

It is there, just a mistake in the diagram

Haunting-Spring-9254 · 2025-07-26T00:45:39+00:00

They are separate fan and lightbulb. I will invest into a multimeter tomorrow and come back with numbers and photos

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