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BSOD...and won't power on for 60 seconds....help!
knave:
--- Quote ---anyway, so this is what happened to you right?....
1. normal pc with vista 32bit until one day, blue screen.
2. dismissed blue screen as fluke, but it happened again. this time it would power back on but monitor would say "no signal" and didnt sound like all fans were running
3. have to wait 60 seconds or so before power on again...and then....blue screen after in windows for a few minutes
4. now, will power on, but cant get anything on screen
so that all happened to you and you just cleaned off old gunk, put on new paste and all is well?
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Aside from me using XP yup that's pretty much it. In my case the CPU shut down before burning up each time. Your miliage may vary. You do want to make sure your fans are spinning though.
hyiu:
I got similar experience before... it turns out its my ATI graphics card overheated...
the pc would shut down by itself in the middle of things... and so on....
and finally died....
it was fine when I was only using 1 screen... I added a 2nd screen, and it starts overheating.... turns out the graphics card is a little dusty... I guess I'm partly at fault...
I replaced the graphics card, and installed 3 extra fans, opened the case, and now my pc is kinda like a wind tunnel.... no more overheating for sure....
and no more phlm ever since...
good luck...
hulkster:
--- Quote from: hyiu on January 29, 2009, 07:22:14 pm ---I got similar experience before... it turns out its my ATI graphics card overheated...
the pc would shut down by itself in the middle of things... and so on....
and finally died....
it was fine when I was only using 1 screen... I added a 2nd screen, and it starts overheating.... turns out the graphics card is a little dusty... I guess I'm partly at fault...
I replaced the graphics card, and installed 3 extra fans, opened the case, and now my pc is kinda like a wind tunnel.... no more overheating for sure....
and no more phlm ever since...
good luck...
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well my gfx card is only a month old so im gonna be pissed if it screwed up. i dont have another card really to test with so im not sure what to do there. maybe ill borrow one from a friend or something, dunno.
as far as having case fans and stuff....ive got plenty... heres my case http://www.antec.com/usa/productDetails.php?lan=us&id=81800 and heres the blurb on all the fans connected:
Cooling System:
- 1 rear (standard) 120mm TriCool Fan with 3-speed switch control
- 1 top (standard) 120mm TriCool Fan
- 1 lower chamber (standard) 120mm TriCool Fan
- 1 front (optional) 120mm fan
- 1 middle (optional) 120mm fan to cool graphics cards
- Upper drive cage can be used as a duct to provide fresh air to graphics cards
it should be enough but i do have the fans on low/mid speed i think. maybe once i fix my problem, ill up the fan speed. so my thermal goop comes in today so when i get home ill put that on there and say a little prayer and hope it comes up. if not.....i guess ill try replacing the gfx card and hope thats the problem. ugh. :banghead:
knave:
All the case fans in the world won't do you much good if your CPU, heatsink and CPU fan arn't connected and working properly.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: knave on January 30, 2009, 02:08:09 pm ---All the case fans in the world won't do you much good if your CPU, heatsink and CPU fan arn't connected and working properly.
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