Computer heat issue causing shutdown problems

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Santoro:
Bios update?

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: Jess-- on October 24, 2005, 10:19:14 am ---just a quick suggestion, check in the bios for fan speed warning, my own board refused to start up when I replaced the cpu fan with a slower / bigger fan, disabled fan warning in the bios and that cured it

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There is an auto-shutoff in case the fan shuts down, but the CPU temp is hitting the default for temp shutdown, and the fan is still running. There's nothing about shut-off for fan speed, though, and I only swapped out the heatsink fan as a possible fix that was suggested, and replaced it with an identical fan, rpm wise.

--- Quote from: Santoro on October 24, 2005, 10:22:29 am ---Bios update? Many Bioses have adjustable heat parameters. Can you even get far enough in the boot process to flash it?

I am not sure you are looking at heat as the root cause though.. I would look for shorts, bent pins, and other electrical oddities that might be causing a rapid heat spike. I would also swap out the Power supply. I'll bet it fried your previous Mobo and is trying to do the same to the new one.

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Yeah, I'm gonna give that a shot today. The current BIOS can be adjusted for CPU temp shutdown point, it just seems to me that 85 is already pretty darn high, and to make sure it was a heat issue, I sat in the BIOS and watched the temp climb several times.....81, 82, 83, 84, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

I was gonna flash the BIOS anyhoo, but there's 3 different versions of the BIOS, and the only way to verify which one to get is to check the BACKside of the mobo for identifying numbers to determine the proper BIOS version update. Why the HECK wouldn't they put it on the more than likely MOST visible and easy to check area of the mobo...the FRONT?

But it's definitely shutting down due to heat. Is it just me, and 85 is fine? I've got 4 systems running in my house, and the hottest is only running at 62, so 85 seems wicked excessive to me.

Santoro:
Lets place bets.

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: Santoro on October 24, 2005, 10:37:08 am ---Lets place bets. I'll wear my a$s-hat in public for a full day if it isn't a bad power supply.

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Crap, Dave, totally sorry. I forgot to add that to my previous post. I wasn't sure that the one I took over by him was good, so I had him buy a brand new 550W to replace his 350W yesterday. Put your ass hat away, it was my fault you weren't informed enough.

I'm gonna get the troubleshooting page of what the manu recommended and link it here in a second. I've done EVERY step they recommend, which is why I bring it up here hoping you can help me Obi-Wan.

Sorry again on the lack of info. :-[

DrewKaree:
http://www.soyousa.com/kb/kbdesc.php?id=170

It's an AMD board (Athlon XP).

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