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 Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 19:24 Post subject: CPU Overheating |
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My CPU has recently started to overheat, not extremely, but 65+ C. The current fan has now done the work for about a year, but it's starting to fall behind. I've tried to open the case, but with no great effect.
So, now I'm wondering what could have caused the CPU to start to overheat now and how to most easily fix it. I'm a student and I don't have allot of money lying around so any cheap solutions would be great.
I'm using the stock fan that came with my AMD64 3000+ and I have not overclocked it.
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Mutantius
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Dust dust and dust. That really does a huge difference on your degrees. Other then that check if the air flow is working, check every fan in your case.
"Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 19:37 Post subject: |
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Like Mutantius said, dust really makes a difference. Buy a can of compressed air, i use them regulary on my fans, without the regular cleaing my temps rise to over 85c. Also make sure that your fan is still working with the correct rpm, maybe the sensor is broken and it's only spinning with the lowest rpm.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 20:55 Post subject: |
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Have you got pets? Pet fur can make a hell of a difference to the heatsink.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 23:21 Post subject: |
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My CPU used to overheat too (on my old computer)..
Sometimes it was as high as 95c..
After cleaning out the dust, I couldn't get it higher than 40 at full load in a fucking hot room..
So cleaning out the dust helps most of the time..
I hate you.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 23:54 Post subject: |
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The answer is to have your pc in the fridge all the time... Hard with the cables and stuff, but hey much cheaper than watercooler
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Jenni
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I don't know if you're being serious Deelix, but putting a pc in the fridge is a sure way of killing it. Condensation would finish it for sure.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 01:35 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | I don't know if you're being serious Deelix, but putting a pc in the fridge is a sure way of killing it. Condensation would finish it for sure. |
Exactly. =)
Damn Jenni, you got teh skillz0r.
Yes, yes I'm back.
Somewhat.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 07:26 Post subject: |
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well putting a half dead hard disk in the fridge might give you the chance to get some data of it afterwards, it really helps sometimes....i'm serious!
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 08:49 Post subject: |
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ehmm hows that?! :S
"Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 17:35 Post subject: |
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| Mutantius wrote: | | ehmm hows that?! :S |
I case your hardrive has problems with the circuit board (for example a hairline crack) or mechanical problems you might be able to get it working again for a few mintes if you put it in the fridge. The reason is the cold, when it's running it heats up and the crack can get bigger, put it in the fridge and it closes again.
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deelix
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 17:37 Post subject: |
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Yeah, jenni is not like other girls i think, other girls who know pc\gaming have learnd it form boyfriends etc., but in a earlier post jenni said she was playing more when she was younger.
So you like pc\gaming by nature?
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Jenni
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 17:43 Post subject: |
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Yes Deelix I've been playing games for years. Since I was 5 actually. Ahh the good old days of the Atari console.
COMBAT!!
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 18:11 Post subject: |
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I do. Which version you got Sin?
Mine is the old one. I got it free with my house. The old woman who sold my place had it in a cupboard. With a disk drive too.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2006 18:14 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | I got it free with my house. |
lmao
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Jan 2006 11:38 Post subject: |
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Commodore VIC-20 FTW!!!!!!!
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Jan 2006 11:39 Post subject: |
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I had one of those too. 3.5k if I remember correctly.
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Jan 2006 17:45 Post subject: |
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i have tried it at work a couple of times, but to be honest it did work only once so far.
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