ok so i touched the stuff you told me to(i think...) and its all fine. Also, in the report the program gave me it told me the Vcore was running over its maxium load.... is that the power supply unit you were talking about? This wouldnt make much sense since ive never added a new hd, cdrw(dont even have one) or anything. I have a bare-bones comp. I got the best gfx card at the time, the best motherboard, good RAM, and such, but didnt go for anything real nice. I dont even have a floppy drive. So why would my PSU be overloading? I'm leaving the side of the case off for a bit to see if that helps. today i checked it again and the temp was around 64 C. Better, but still way too hot for my liking.
BTW i just dl the program the link you gave thebugs. I didnt check if it was the right one for my comp. I have an AMD Athlon 2600+, Asus something-or-another mb, Maxtor 5400 hd(could this be the problem, its too slow?), gForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X(64mb), 256 mb ddr 2700, integrated sound, 48x cd rom, and i think thats it.
Let me know if this helps you figure it all out. I didnt check the paste between the hsf and the CPU becasue quite honestly im not sure what to do with it all. Turn off comp, wait, unscrew hsf and then check if it there at all?
thx for your time homer and NOFX