tiza

i upgraded one of my pcs, a P3, 550mhz from w9x to w2k and soon after, started registering high Vcore voltage of between 2.04-2.09 with cpu temp going up to 49dc/111f. adding extra fun to improve cooling only brings it down to 100f. i suspect the cpu fan though its rotating but it may not be effective. am i correct in this, and what should i do. can i continue using the pc and what are the dangers iam offering to myself if i do. should i change the cpu as a colleague suggested? help

unfortunately, i never checked before the OS upgrade. the High started five days after the upgrade. the default vcore setting is 2.0 in the bios and as a matter of fact lowering or raising has the same effect-no effect. settings, which i take to be the acceptable limit. the pc cannot boot normally and gives me an error message with two options: f1 to continue or del to go to hardware monitor. i tried to continue using it even with the underlying danger, and not it has stopped freezing out. so i think i will leave off till somebody sorts me out. desparate!