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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.

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.