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SuperHero
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 Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: computer overheating |
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This morning just before leaving for class my computer started acting up. It kept shutting down and when I checked the temperature it was around 66. I looked inside and all the fans are running and my house is air conditioned so I have no idea why it should be running so hot.
any ideas? solutions? |
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eamo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Just a theory......Your Power Supply Unit might be failing and sending the wrong voltages to your motherboard and CPU.
What was 66C? The CPU or the Motherboard?
66C shouldn't be too hot for either. It may be though depending on the thresholds of your CPU and MOBO.
Perhaps you have a program installed which monitors your systems temps. If so, the shutdown thresholds might be set too low in that program. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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nothing to see here...just move along....
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I"m at school right now so can't really answer the questions well. What seems to happen is that when it gets hot everything slows down. I then reboot and I get half-booted before it shuts down with a message which i can't remember (will post when I get home)
I checked the temperature by booting into bios, that's the only way that I can do that. Suppose I could install a program to monitor that while running windows.
If I need to replace the powersupply how difficult/easy is that to do? I'm more of a software geek than a hardware geek. Should I take it into yongsan? any recommended shops if so? |
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Demophobe
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Dang. I wish I could delete my last post.
66 is pretty toasty considering Intel says 70 is the max for their CPUs. You are sure the CPU fan is spinning? And spinning fast enough? In your BIOS, you should be able to check fan rotation speed. Perhaps the CPU cooler has lost some contact with the CPU? Did the box get jolted or anything lately? |
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'll check the fan speed when I get home.
one last thing I just thought of, I'm running dual monitors and just replaced my old 17"crt with a new 19" LCD. Is there any chance that this could be causing extra heat in the case? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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I'll check the fan speed when I get home.
one last thing I just thought of, I'm running dual monitors and just replaced my old 17"crt with a new 19" LCD. Is there any chance that this could be causing extra heat in the case? |
No. Switching to a LCD will NOT cause heating in the case.
Probably your powersupply is dying - 35 k won for a new 400w (dual fan) power supply
Possibly your case fan is dying. 10k won for a replacement.
Possibly your CPU fan is dying (< 2300 rmp) 20k won for a replacement.
From your BIOS you can check your fan speeds as well as the CPU temp AND system temp. You can also check your voltages from the same screen to make sure they are within tolerance.
Perhaps just opening the box will help. Take the side of the case off and see it that drops your temps or changes your shutdown problem.
Changing either the power supply or fan or your case fan is a simple task for anyone who can tell the pointy end of a screwdriver from the handle.
You won't need a screwdriver to change the CPU fan. Just remember what you unplug when you unsrew it (thumb screws) and reverse the process to put the new one back on.
66 may or may not be too hot depending on what your CPU is. My dual core P4 runs very hot but the system temp is usually around 40 ish. |
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Nowhere Man
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: ... |
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| How do you check temps? |
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Demophobe
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:33 am Post subject: |
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I got home checked the temps again and it was high, but the fans were running at a good speed. I installed a fan monitor and cpu temperature monitor and everything checked out except the cpu temp got high quickly.
Took a closer look under the hood and noticed that the peice that clamps the cooling unit & fan to the cpu was broken on two corners - "A HA" says I. I'm in desperate need of my computer over the next ten days as I am teaching a class heavy on computer usage and cannot prep without my computer so I head down the hill get a new bracket thingy installed and get the case cleaned out and everything seems to be running well.
Of course I paid a little too much but I don't have time to go anywhere else so what can you do? |
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Demophobe
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
| Perhaps the CPU cooler has lost some contact with the CPU? |
Glad you got it sorted mate. |
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eamo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
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| Perhaps the CPU cooler has lost some contact with the CPU? |
Glad you got it sorted mate. |
Haha....you got lucky, punk!!! |
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ChopChaeJoe
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| Just curious. is it an Intel or AMD brain? |
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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celeron
jsut for the record I initially downloaded a trial version of a temperature monitor but now I don't want to be without after one week. A little more googling and I found a legitimately free monitor speed fan hope this helps someone else.
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| If you need a tool that can change your computer's fan speeds, read the temperatures of your motherboard and your hard disk, read voltages and fan speeds and check the status of your hard disk using S.M.A.R.T. or SCSI attributes, then you came to the right place. SpeedFan is the software to go. It is fully configurable and you can create custom events to handle every situation in an automated way. SpeedFan works under Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, 2003 and Windows XP. It works with Windows 64 bit too. And this all costs you absolutely nothing! |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:49 am Post subject: ... |
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sweet. Been looking for just that for a long time.
Thanks!
Next question, what's a normal CPU temp? |
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