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RachelNZ
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 1:52 pm: | |
My computer locks up completely on occassion, and I am having trouble finding the fault. It has happened when I have been doing nothing at all on it, when I've been simply typing an e-mail, or watching an AVI movie file. The two things I can guarantee will freeze it are trying to convert an AVI file to VCD, Or trying to create chapters in an AVI file using Nero.
This all seemed to start when I installed a new CDRW. (I have since removed the CDRW). I cringe to tell this (but it may be relevant) but I removed the HDD from it's cage in order to get the CDRW in there. Before screwing it back in place I wanted to test it, so booted it up. It turned itself off, and I realised I had placed the HDD upside down on the cage, not sure if it shorted anything, hoping not.
My system:
ASUS A7N266-VM
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Palamino
512mb RAM
XP Home
Things I have already tried:
Running a RAM test - came back OK
Ran a virus scanner/spyware scanner
updated bios to latest version
Installed Everest & checked temperature - resting at 66 celcius
CPU test - see below for result
I keep coming back to the possibility that it's heat related, because it seemed to happen more in summer, & the summers here are quite humid. However it's now winter in New Zealand, and although not as often, it's still happening. Yesterday I opened up Everest, and had my CPU green indicator thing in the system tray. I then tried to create chapters in a file to see what would happen. The temperature rose to about 72 degrees before it locked up, and the CPU usage monitor stayed near the top the whole time. However when I ran the CPU test a few days before it got to about 82 degrees before I stopped it (as 90 is the maximum it can handle and I was getting concerned).
When we saw that the resting CPU temp was 66degrees, my boyfriend thought that looked quite high. He discovered the core CPU voltage is running at 1.7-1.79v. But the spec sheet from AMD says operating voltage is 1.6v.
So the end result is:
1) is my temperature of the CPU really too high?
2) if the temperature is too high, is it caused by the core voltage running too high?
3) if the core voltage is to blame, how do I change it? There doesn't appear to be any physical jumpers on the motherboard (unless I'm missing them - they're not pictured in the manual either), and although the bios shows what the voltage is, it doesn't offer an option to change it that I can find.
4) what on earth else can I try? This has been happening for months now, and I'm at a loss on what to try next
So.... hopefully that's enough info, any suggestions will be tried gratefully!
Rachel in NZ |
RachelNZ
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 11:18 pm: | |
never mind, got it sorted. CPU fan was plugged into the wrong place, where the chassis fan would be plugged in if I'd had one. |
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