Originally posted by arrakisAre you utterly retarded? You've tried to give out computer information in the past and you were wrong then and you are wrong now.
And how does that help the man? To say that after your recommendation of paste, "you need better cooling"? First of all, it's really dumb to recommend that he use "thermal paste" and if you knew half as much about computers as you boast you'd know that. Do you really think "thermal paste" is the deciding factor here?
Here's what the guy should do, Xanthos ...[text shortened]... rk then there is a problem with the CPU and you need to consult a computer tech center.
1) Incorrect usage of thermal paste giving a bad heat connection between the CPU and the heatsink is often the cause of overheating. A recent batch of Apple laptops even had this problem from the factory.
2) gambit3 just bought his new computer so frankly I can't see how dust could have collected in a week or so.
3) Unless he's been playing round in BIOS (not CMOS you retard), the fan controller will be on default settings which should (barring screwups with the temp sensor) be able to adjust to the current temp of the components.
4) Dust again.
5) Dust again and also something I suggested in my post.
6) Mostly obvious (especially if gambit is warming up the hand drill to bore holes in his case).
7) He could go to a computer tech centre but really that's a stupid idea when he should just go straight back to the person who sold him the computer and ask what's wrong and if he can't find a problem ask him to install a better cooling system.
Originally posted by XanthosNZIt was my problem, not gambits.
Are you utterly retarded? You've tried to give out computer information in the past and you were wrong then and you are wrong now.
1) Incorrect usage of thermal paste giving a bad heat connection between the CPU and the heatsink is often the cause of overheating. A recent batch of Apple laptops even had this problem from the factory.
2) gambit3 just bo ...[text shortened]... sk what's wrong and if he can't find a problem ask him to install a better cooling system.
But thanks for all the help.
Turns out, the thermal paste was dry or used up (something of the like).
There was some dust as well, and I needed a better fan.
Got some ‘fatality’ gaming fan as recommended by hopscotch (thanks) and now my CPU temp doesn't rise above 51 degrees Celsius, and nothing crashes anymore.
What a pleasure.
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I thought I had this Power Supply Unit stuff figured out. I was going with a OCZ Technology PSU. I was still looking at web pages about PSUs and I found a place that tested PSUs for themselves and the OCZ Power Stream Power Supply 600 W they tested bombed. So did the Hiper 4 R 580. The PSUs they tested failed that were above 500W for one reason or another. The Enermax Noisetaker EG701AXVE 600W Failed the Dual Core test and the Jeantech Arctic JN120F-600 AP 12v2 failed both the SLI and the Dual Core test. Only the Seasonic S12-600 ATX 12V passed the test and did not cost something like $500 and was not below 500W. I guess next I will find out that ASUS's Motherboards fail to produce. This is 2006. Why cant they make things that work? Anybody know of some web sites that test things like computer Power Supply Units?
Originally posted by gambit3Just get a bigger power supply. Either it produces enough or it doesn't, you're spending way too much time on this, by the time you've decided on the parts you'll have to start again because it will all be out of date. Just buy the cheapest 750W one you can find and be done with it.
I thought I had this Power Supply Unit stuff figured out. I was going with a OCZ Technology PSU. I was still looking at web pages about PSUs and I found a place that tested PSUs for themselves and the OCZ Power Stream Power Supply 600 W they tested bombed. So did the Hiper 4 R 580. The PSUs they tested failed that were above 500W for one reason or another. T ...[text shortened]... gs that work? Anybody know of some web sites that test things like computer Power Supply Units?
Originally posted by StarrmanNot yet.I think I may have enough info to go to the computer man by the end of next week. So far it could be 1. ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard, 2. Dual NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX, 3. Seasonic S12 Energy Pluss 650W PSU, 4. Corsair XMS EPP DDR2 800 4GB RAM, 5. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200, and 6. Western Digital Raptor 150 GB HDD. So far I have had this to have a sticker shock toward $3800 for the tower alone. I guess some parts will be a bit less then I would like to have or I may try to have it up graded over a period of time.
Nothing, it's a brand name probably. Haven't you bought this computer yet?