PC broke down

[tom adam]

Op 13-9-2011 22:22, James Coplin schreef:
> Is the fan on the CPU heatsink working correctly?
Yep, I even measured the RPM's...
> Even with paste, a
> defective fan will not keep things cool.  It is also possible that the
> heatsink is not sitting correctly on the CPU.  Any tilt or space you will
> have trouble.  Depending on the heatsink and motherboard, they can be a
> real pain to get seated properly.
Yes, don't get me started. What a pain to snap in the fan correctly. But 
it looks like this is OK
>   You are definitely having a heat
> problem.  If it isn't the CPU, I would look at temps on the northbridge
> chipset or memory.
How do I do that?
> If you were having CPU heat temps though, you could
> have damaged the motherboard and no amount of cooling after the fact will
> fix things.
Ok, this got me worried. how would I check if this was the case?
Thanks for the hints, guys.
ToAd
>
> James R. Coplin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
>> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of tom adam
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:17 PM
>> To: Music-bar; bernard.hertsens at ing.be
>> Subject: PC broke down
>>
>> I could need some assistance ;-)
>> I've got a HW problem with my PC which makes it unusable ;-)
>>
>> Symptoms are as follows:
>> It starts up Ok, but after a while it just stops working (power goes
>> off). After a couple of seconds it reboots automatically. First time i
>> tried it goes down after +/-5 minute, the second time is much faster.
>> When I wait for a while it takes again about 5 minutes before it stops.
>> Also, I can normally start the PC by pressing my ancient keyboard.
>> That's not working any more.
>>
>> System is a 4core i5 whathever processor and a ASUS P7P55D, 4gig ram,
>> 1000gig standard HD.
>>
>> What I've done today was checking the temperatures and voltages in the
>> bios screen. voltages are OK. I notice that the temperature goes up to
>> 60c at 62c it shuts down. I removed the heat paste from the processor
>> and put new heat paste on it, now the temperature stays at 42c, but it
>> still stops working after 5 minutes. I've also checked the led's as the
>> MB manual indicated and apparently I have no problem;-)
>> Than I took out all the cards I don't really need (M-audo delta1010)
>> and
>> used a USB keboard, no changes in behaviour.
>> Than I replaced the video card with an old one, still the same.
>> After that I decided to walk away as I was getting too frustrated.
>> Now I'm calling the Bar...
>> Cheers,
>> ToAd (Going to look for a laptop that runs ubuntu studio and a new
>> audio
>> interface, any suggestions?)
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