Help Wanted: BSODs and CPU Overheating
Lord Darcy:
I used to get a constant crash after 30 or 40 minutes of gameplay. Not Blue or Black Screen of Death, just straight crash to the desktop. Turned out that my CPU fan was not properly attached to the CPU. After I reapplied thermal grease and attached the CPU fan securely, the crash went away. It was lucky that I nailed down the culprit quickly, otherwise my CPU would have been burnt to death.
cyperangel:
Sorry in advance for derailing the thread a little, but perhaps the good folks can help me out as well...
I havent been suffering from BSOD, but from freezes. A. k. a. where the entire comp just suddenly decides to not do anything at all anymore. Mouse wont move, the clock in the lower right corner stops changing etc. I have had my comp in for repairs twice, as its under warranty, and they have changed the RAM, CPU, MB and the GFX card. The comp still freezes tho. Like this morning, where i got up, went to the comp, and the clock said it was 03.58, while my alarm clock kept insisting it was well past 8 am... It does not happen at any specific times, it happens both in the AM, and the PM, and it happens without any clear cause when it comes to programs active, as it can do it while i got a browser open, while im playing the sims, or while nothing is opened at all.
Any good ideas? Besides chucking the comp out a 3'rd story window....
ZiggyDoodle:
Quote from: cyperangel on 2007 December 29, 08:05:19
Sorry in advance for derailing the thread a little, but perhaps the good folks can help me out as well...
I havent been suffering from BSOD, but from freezes. A. k. a. where the entire comp just suddenly decides to not do anything at all anymore. Mouse wont move, the clock in the lower right corner stops changing etc. I have had my comp in for repairs twice, as its under warranty, and they have changed the RAM, CPU, MB and the GFX card. The comp still freezes tho. Like this morning, where i got up, went to the comp, and the clock said it was 03.58, while my alarm clock kept insisting it was well past 8 am... It does not happen at any specific times, it happens both in the AM, and the PM, and it happens without any clear cause when it comes to programs active, as it can do it while i got a browser open, while im playing the sims, or while nothing is opened at all.
Any good ideas? Besides chucking the comp out a 3'rd story window....
Have you tried replacing the battery?
cyperangel:
No i havent, as the warranty is void if I fiddle around with the innards of it. But a battery in a stationary computer?
witch:
CMOS battery on the motherboard. It remembers the date and time and bios settings and stuff when your computer is switched off. They can eventually need replacing too, although generally they last the life of the board.
I had an old laptop which used to lose the info if it wasn't booted every few weeks.
Has your PC been asking you to enter the date and time?
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