Is my cpu going bad?

Jos · 02-08-2008, 07:48 AM

How can you tell if a cpu is going bad? Will it slowly die or is it right away?

Heres my situation: I have an old AMD Athlon 1800 (socket A). It idles kinda high at around 55c but lots of the old AMD's ran high. For awhile now, I have been getting BSOD's with different stop codes and they all lead me down a different path. I have checked RAM, vid card, sound card and they seem fine. I can't pinpoint what is causing it.

Will a CPU that is going bad cause a BSOD? (anyway to test it)
Maybe the PSU is going bad but that wouldnt cause a BSOD would it?
Mainboard going bad?

I'm stumped.

shenry · 02-08-2008, 08:12 AM

I suppose the only way to really tell would to try a different CPU in there and see if any BSOD's occur.If they do well then its probably the mobo. I have a 2100+ and its been pretty good, lasted around 4,5 maybe even 6 years now.

Intel_man · 02-08-2008, 08:19 AM

List some of the BSOD problem/issues.

Jos · 02-08-2008, 08:22 AM

Here are some of the stop codes:

0x00000050
0x000000D1
0x000000F4
0x0000008E
0X0000007F
0X0000000A

Jos · 02-09-2008, 11:46 PM

anybody have any ideas?

johnb35 · 02-10-2008, 02:27 AM

It could be your processor, but a few of those stop errors refer to driver issues. Did these bsod's just start appearing out of nowhere or did you install anything or update your system before these appeared? Sounds like you have a bad driver somewhere.

Kotaro669 · 02-10-2008, 02:30 AM

If random problems seems to come up even though the parts are checking out okay it could be the power supply, because a bad power supply will give you any number of random errors due to it not supplying the right voltages to the components.

vette92_1 · 02-12-2008, 12:53 AM

55c? Do you have it OC'd? I would lower the voltage a little to maybe get the temps down on the CPU. May not have anything to do with the codes you are getting, but that's still pretty high. I have an old AMD and I have it OC'd and at idle it runs 39C.

Intel_man · 02-12-2008, 01:13 AM

^^ But it seems like usually driver problems end with a .dll error though when the BSoD comes out.

Jos · 02-12-2008, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vette92_1

55c? Do you have it OC'd? I would lower the voltage a little to maybe get the temps down on the CPU. May not have anything to do with the codes you are getting, but that's still pretty high. I have an old AMD and I have it OC'd and at idle it runs 39C.

No its not overclocked at all

02-08-2008, 07:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jos Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 42	Is my cpu going bad? How can you tell if a cpu is going bad? Will it slowly die or is it right away? Heres my situation: I have an old AMD Athlon 1800 (socket A). It idles kinda high at around 55c but lots of the old AMD's ran high. For awhile now, I have been getting BSOD's with different stop codes and they all lead me down a different path. I have checked RAM, vid card, sound card and they seem fine. I can't pinpoint what is causing it. Will a CPU that is going bad cause a BSOD? (anyway to test it) Maybe the PSU is going bad but that wouldnt cause a BSOD would it? Mainboard going bad? I'm stumped.

02-08-2008, 08:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Intel_man Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 573	List some of the BSOD problem/issues. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 MOBO: Asus P5BW-LA PSU: CoolerMaster Power Extreme 500W VGA: eVGA 9600 GT 512mb GDDR3 HDD: 250 GB RAM: 2 GB DDR2 MONITOR: LG Flatron W2242TQ, NEC MultiSync LCD1530V __________________

02-10-2008, 02:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 796	It could be your processor, but a few of those stop errors refer to driver issues. Did these bsod's just start appearing out of nowhere or did you install anything or update your system before these appeared? Sounds like you have a bad driver somewhere. __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

02-10-2008, 02:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kotaro669 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4	If random problems seems to come up even though the parts are checking out okay it could be the power supply, because a bad power supply will give you any number of random errors due to it not supplying the right voltages to the components. __________________ My blog: Steve's Tech Guide. Check it out, leave a comment, or just lurk around.

02-12-2008, 12:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
vette92_1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: PG, AR Age: 37 Posts: 11	55c? Do you have it OC'd? I would lower the voltage a little to maybe get the temps down on the CPU. May not have anything to do with the codes you are getting, but that's still pretty high. I have an old AMD and I have it OC'd and at idle it runs 39C. __________________ Comcrap Pre-SORRY-o PD915 2.8Ghz 2.5gig DDR2 666Mhz Hitachi 250gig HD

02-08-2008, 08:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jos Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 42	Here are some of the stop codes: 0x00000050 0x000000D1 0x000000F4 0x0000008E 0X0000007F 0X0000000A

02-09-2008, 11:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jos Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 42	anybody have any ideas?

02-12-2008, 01:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
Intel_man Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 573	^^ But it seems like usually driver problems end with a .dll error though when the BSoD comes out. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 MOBO: Asus P5BW-LA PSU: CoolerMaster Power Extreme 500W VGA: eVGA 9600 GT 512mb GDDR3 HDD: 250 GB RAM: 2 GB DDR2 MONITOR: LG Flatron W2242TQ, NEC MultiSync LCD1530V __________________

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