GranSalseron
December 6th 03, 09:37 PM
Take off the cover and see if the fan/heat sync combo on
the cpu is clogged with dust, ( and/or if the fan is
turning ) and if so blow it off with a can of dry air.
If its an AMD processor I would say buy a new system just
on general principle because it is an AMD and they are
known to have heat issues.
>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry if this is a repost, but I can't see original.
>
>I'm running Windows XP Pro on Abit TH7 with 1700Ghz
Pentium 4.
>For a long time I've been having random reboots (one or
twice a day) which
>seemed to be connected with overheating, ie. problem
reduced when a fan is
>directed at processor. Recently, problem has become more
frequent.
>However, I was called out urgently yesterday and left PC
on by mistake. When
>I returned, it had crashed and tried to restart but had
got stuck on the
>black screen just before the desktop is loaded, ie. the
screen after the
>moving bar logo. I tried rebooting but it got stuck there
again. The cursor
>works but screen is black and keyboard won't work. I
tried rebooting in
>safe mode but same happens. gets stuck just before
desktop loaded.
>
>It also won't let me boot from CD Rom - just sits there
at the point where
>you have to press a key to boot from CD Rom.
>
>Do you think overheating has caused processor damage?
Would anything else
>be damaged, ie. hard drive, cd rom etc.? Anyone got any
suggestions or is
>it time to buy new?
>
>Thanks for any help in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.
>
the cpu is clogged with dust, ( and/or if the fan is
turning ) and if so blow it off with a can of dry air.
If its an AMD processor I would say buy a new system just
on general principle because it is an AMD and they are
known to have heat issues.
>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry if this is a repost, but I can't see original.
>
>I'm running Windows XP Pro on Abit TH7 with 1700Ghz
Pentium 4.
>For a long time I've been having random reboots (one or
twice a day) which
>seemed to be connected with overheating, ie. problem
reduced when a fan is
>directed at processor. Recently, problem has become more
frequent.
>However, I was called out urgently yesterday and left PC
on by mistake. When
>I returned, it had crashed and tried to restart but had
got stuck on the
>black screen just before the desktop is loaded, ie. the
screen after the
>moving bar logo. I tried rebooting but it got stuck there
again. The cursor
>works but screen is black and keyboard won't work. I
tried rebooting in
>safe mode but same happens. gets stuck just before
desktop loaded.
>
>It also won't let me boot from CD Rom - just sits there
at the point where
>you have to press a key to boot from CD Rom.
>
>Do you think overheating has caused processor damage?
Would anything else
>be damaged, ie. hard drive, cd rom etc.? Anyone got any
suggestions or is
>it time to buy new?
>
>Thanks for any help in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.
>