Kesava
Active Member
well lately my cpu has been running quite hot, not sure of the actual temps, but the fan has been running way too loud.
yesterday my system froze up and the picture like teared... cant really explain it more, except there was rather horrible screeching coming from my speakers, not the little mobo speaker. anyway i had to unplug it from teh wall to turn it off.
after turning it back on it worked mostly fine except every now and again it would freeze up for a second or 2 and teh cpu fan would spin pretty hard.
but didnt happen that often so i didnt think much of it.
this morning i went out and left my compyter running. came home just now and it looked fun but was frozen up. had to unplug it from the wall. plugged it back in and would start. fans started on full bore. nothing after that. no display. didnt get teh good beep from that mobo that usually happens. wouldnt work.
so i took the cpu out and checked it out. blew away any dust and stuff and re-applied thermal paste. put it all back togetherl... nothing. not even a bios screen. like the fans come on at full speed. nothing else.
messed around with the ram and gfx card to see if they were the problem. nothing.
so is it my cpu?
also, sometimes my cpu fan wouldnt start till like just after it had booted into windows. it was trying to spin but didnt seem to have the power. it always would eventually tho
next question.
i guess im gonna buy a new cpu tomorrow.
E2160 or E2180?
the e2180 is 15 bucks more.
worth it?
ill probably overclock either one to like 2.5 ghz anyway.
thanks guys
yesterday my system froze up and the picture like teared... cant really explain it more, except there was rather horrible screeching coming from my speakers, not the little mobo speaker. anyway i had to unplug it from teh wall to turn it off.
after turning it back on it worked mostly fine except every now and again it would freeze up for a second or 2 and teh cpu fan would spin pretty hard.
but didnt happen that often so i didnt think much of it.
this morning i went out and left my compyter running. came home just now and it looked fun but was frozen up. had to unplug it from the wall. plugged it back in and would start. fans started on full bore. nothing after that. no display. didnt get teh good beep from that mobo that usually happens. wouldnt work.
so i took the cpu out and checked it out. blew away any dust and stuff and re-applied thermal paste. put it all back togetherl... nothing. not even a bios screen. like the fans come on at full speed. nothing else.
messed around with the ram and gfx card to see if they were the problem. nothing.
so is it my cpu?
also, sometimes my cpu fan wouldnt start till like just after it had booted into windows. it was trying to spin but didnt seem to have the power. it always would eventually tho
next question.
i guess im gonna buy a new cpu tomorrow.
E2160 or E2180?
the e2180 is 15 bucks more.
worth it?
ill probably overclock either one to like 2.5 ghz anyway.
thanks guys
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