temperature

[neonext]

Recently my main system has been resetting and freezing without any warning. My first thought was that the CPU is probably overheating. Sure enough, when I finally opened it up to take a look, there was a dense wall of dust caked on the fan and also in the fan. You could barely even see the metal plates below the fan, and the dust was inbetween the plates as well. After a thorough cleaning job, I put it all back together and hoped for the best.

It seems to okay now. It has yet to freeze again, and earlier today it was freezing so quickly that I couldn't even boot up all the way. I'm still worried about the conditions inside my computer case though, because as I was testing it, I would place my hand inside the case and feel heat. My questions are:

1) is it normal for it to be warm inside the computer at all times?

2) should i try to replace my power supply fan? i can't tell if it is running okay or not

3) is there anything else i can do to ensure cool temperatures for my pc (possibly a component i can install?)

This has really been bothering me because i'm using that particular system for the development of the first game that i intend on selling. I appreciate any advice you might have.

[Gobalopper]

What CPU are you using and do you have a heat sink on it? If its an AMD you had better get one on there pronto. ;)

A new power supply might help but another fan or heat sink will do more good. Also a cool room, basement if you can get it or air conditioned helps a lot.

[playerap]

simpel go to ur command prompt type /shutdown -A will stop it

[Cyborg]

The heatsink on your cpu fan shall be a tiny bit hot to the touch(about 40-60

[Cybopache]

Hi neonext,if u got the time I will recomend u to take a look at these sites,to get some impulses.If u know how to use a soldering iron and ure thumbs are in the right place(not 10 of them ;D )u got no problem.Hope this will give u some ideas.

www.7volts.com

www.fanbus.com

www.heatsink-guide.com

www.overclockers.com

www.atruereview.com/articles.php

www.speedy3d.com

www.twistedmods.com/index.php

Cybo

[neonext]

What CPU are you using and do you have a heat sink on it? If its an AMD you had better get one on there pronto. ;)

it's an AMD Athlon XP 1800+

i'm not sure if it has a heat sink on it cuz i'm not absolutely sure what a heat sink is. is it that big metal thing in between the fan and the cpu? (looks like a bunch of metal plates with small gaps in between)

A new power supply might help but another fan or heat sink will do more good. Also a cool room, basement if you can get it or air conditioned helps a lot.

i live in southern california, and although i'm on the coast it does get quite hot during the summer and there's no air conditioner. i have a fan but it doesn't really help with this problem

[neonext]

The heatsink on your cpu fan shall be a tiny bit hot to the touch(about 40-60

[neonext]

If u know how to use a soldering iron and ure thumbs are in the right place(not 10 of them ;D )u got no problem.Hope this will give u some ideas.

i had a bad experience the last time i used a soldering iron ;D

[Cybopache]

Well it doesn`t matter if u can not use a soldering Iron,theres a lot of impulses anyway,and the warm air rises to roof and the cold air is at the floor by the way ;)

There are some good explainations about air cooling and placement of fans in those sites I gave u a link too,The big metal thing is ure heatsink(some good ideas on the sites too)By the way do u use some kind of heat sink paste(therminal paste) e.g silver artic? It work in the way that the heat is transfering much easier to ure heatsink.

If theres just tiny whiny stripes in ure heatsink it isn`t transfering the heat properly.(this is where the paste comes into the picture)If u have ure heatsink in ure hand take a measuring thing(don`t know what its called) like the carpenters are using and lie it down on ure heatsink bottom and hold it up in angle of ure eyes,and look at it horisontal if u see light in between the heatsink and the measure thing ,then u don`t get the totally heat transfering.puh ha u see brother ? ::)

Cybo

[number6]

Soldering is a tough skill to master and I don't recommend anyone in here using a soldering iron on their motherboard unless they know exactly what they are doing. I do some occasional soldering for mods myself, but I have had a lot of practice.

[Cybopache]

Yeah I agree with u Nr.6,but I didn`t mean MB soldering,but to make switches in a bay bus ,and to make fan bus.

Cybo