Thread: overheating processor

Whenever I play games such as Gears of War, Crysis, GTA IV, or Quake 4, my CPU temperature shoots to 90 degrees and my motherboard temperature also reaches 50 degrees. I'm not lure about the graphic card temperature, but I'm sure the (PU temperature is high.

Although these games work well,l'm worried about the hardware temperature. How can fix this?
my system configuration is ,given below:

intel Core2 Duo E8400 USUS P5QE motherboard

RAM . Transcend 2 GB x2 80DMhz DDR2

Cooler Master Extreme Plus 46DW PSU

XFX 8800GT - 512MB

Samsung SyncMaster 2243NW

Seagate Barracuda 500GB HHD

Sony DVD Writer

Windows XP Professional.

The CPU temperature of 90 degrees is extremely high and it's not advisable to run your
PC such high temperatures. One of the major causes could be a wrongly fitted CPU heatsink There might be no thermal paste between the heat sink and the processor If the heatsink normally feels hot to touch, remove it and apply a thin, even layer of thermal paste on the processor and re-attach the heat sink If the temperatures are still that high and the heat sink isn't getting very hot, it could be a bug with the thermal monitor Check the updates for your motherboard's BIOS. If it's a known bug you will have to flash your motherboard's BIOS.