Is my cpu going bad?

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Jos

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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.
 
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.
 
Here are some of the stop codes:

0x00000050
0x000000D1
0x000000F4
0x0000008E
0X0000007F
0X0000000A
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
vette92_1 said:
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.
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No its not overclocked at all
 
Also, I was planning on doing a format and reinstall of windows. So I put the install disk in and as the disk was loading, it had a BSOD.

What would cause that? Could a bad driver really cause a BSOD while attempting to do a reinstall?
 
May not have anything to do with the codes you are getting, but that's still pretty high.
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Some older chips hit the red zone upwards of 80*C. 55*C is fine, temp-wise.

What would cause that? Could a bad driver really cause a BSOD while attempting to do a reinstall?
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No. Your Windows CD will have a generic driver library on it. None of your installed drivers would have been accessed while the CD was loading.

I'd start by powering down your system and resetting CMOS (see your MoBo manual for how to do it). After that's done, enter BIOS and load the optimal default settings. See if that cleared anything up.
 
WAIT there is an obvious misunderstandings on BSOD's, these are not dead screens they are mere warnings that your computer is running too fast than you should. Meaning are you over clocking? or did the company overclock your processor rather than stock? If so check immediately because over clocking is dangerous. You are running on dangerous levels 55c is way too hot and it could melt your processor pins. It could also cut your bit rate in half. Example: If you are running an AMD64 4000+ it will go down to a AMD32 2000+. You will notice a huge performance loss, which is what BSOD's are deisgned to inform you of.

Hey i hoped i helped but please reply if u want further explanation, I had this problem to until i realized the benefits of BSOD's.
 
i have a 2400 that idles at 44 an loads at 58 no OC.
is the cpu fan working?
i agree with imsati about reset the CMOS.
THERYANER: the processor pins wont melt unless temps are like above 80-90.
 
Yes. Cpu fan is working. That could probably use an upgrade, no doubt. I have recently taken out the heatsink and fan and cleaned them and that got temps down to around 52.

But a BSOD during a reinstall is weird. This is the real issue.
 
Jos said:
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.
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CPU's don't die. (most of the time).

Download, burn, and run Memtest86.
 
theryaner said:
WAIT there is an obvious misunderstandings on BSOD's, these are not dead screens they are mere warnings that your computer is running too fast than you should. Meaning are you over clocking? or did the company overclock your processor rather than stock? If so check immediately because over clocking is dangerous. You are running on dangerous levels 55c is way too hot and it could melt your processor pins. It could also cut your bit rate in half. Example: If you are running an AMD64 4000+ it will go down to a AMD32 2000+. You will notice a huge performance loss, which is what BSOD's are deisgned to inform you of.

Hey i hoped i helped but please reply if u want further explanation, I had this problem to until i realized the benefits of BSOD's.
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I guess that's how they got the name Blue Screen Of Death then right?
 
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