Summary: no worries. It seems that I put a little too much thermal paste on the cpu and that caused the cpu, mobo and psu to all overheat. The cpu would overh...
Summary: Hi, I got a new AMD XP2000+ a few days ago. All pieces brand new, here are the specs: Chassis Codegen ATX6066-C10 300W, has a simple chassis fan CPU...
Summary: Lo again I just recently got loads of kit for my box, in an attempt to shut it up when I am sleeping. Now my Nexus controller lets me turn off my 120m...
Summary: It could be a psu overheating problem. With the pc *DISCONNECTED* from the mains, open the psu and blow out any muck with a hairdryer set to cold and ...
Summary: The reviews I've seen on Bitdefender 9 Pro Plus haven't been very good, so don't put too much faith in it. Random reboots are usually caused by a weak...
Summary: I'd say 5" is plenty. Open the door on your desk (if you have a door) when the pc is in use, you can close it if your doing small things like surfing...
Summary: All that hardware should be perfectly fine together. We cant really help you unless you are a bit more specific, What problems? If you give us an exam...
Summary: Thank you all for your input. I may have narrowed the problem down - although the conclusion I have reached is confusing. The Windows stop errors I ...
Summary: You're going about this all wrong. Randomly replacing parts without troubleshooting can be expensive & unnecessary. I don't recall your other post abo...
Summary: The "big 3" are: weak PSU, overheating, or bad RAM. ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/Win...
Summary: You didn't state wheather you tried your OTHER IDE controller. There are TWO on that MBoard. If you suspect a bad controller that would be the next ...
Summary: Thanks guys. Narrowed it down to the PSU. It appears from closer inspection that the only ventilation on the box was covered and the PSU overheated!...
Summary: No I was not overclocking anything... It was all at stock lvls... the only thing that I could think would cause the failure is that my PC would always...
Summary: Because the PSU fan was buzzing so i looked up online on how to stop it from doing that and i came across that page. I knew it was the bearings causin...
Summary: PSU usually causes freezes, lock-ups, crashes, etc. XP BSOD's are usually caused by hardware issues, although I could be wrong... Here is a great post...
Summary: Hi guys, I have a quick question regarding my recently overheated PSU. Around a week ago I started to smell a funny burning smell coming from the back...
Summary: If the psu fan is working I would not worry about it. There is no way to tell with your finger what is overheated in a computer and what isn't. ...
Summary: Do you know whether the fan in the powersupply is working or not? Your strange noise could be the fan struggling to rotate. If it has failed then by a...
Summary: After a few hours the psu gets very hot and the comp turns off. The mobo appears to be fine...everything works fine except overheating and shutting o...
Summary: take off the sides of the case and run it with a house fan blowing through it. if it solves the problem then it was overheating. clean ram/pci contac...
Summary: I'm running an old emachines box- Every time I try to do a batch update using Yellow Dog (yum) my power supply gets too hot and the computer turns of...
Summary: How about posting the system & CPU temps...that way we can rule out overheating. Otherwise, do you have another PSU you can try? What brand name is th...
Summary: if it contributes to the early death of my PSU, fine It WILL. an excuse to buy the new one Along with whatever else it took with it. I don't recommen...
Summary: I dont see how it could be the powersupply making your CPU overheat although your current powersupply seems very weak. If your cpu is overheating and ...
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