Thread: Bad cpu?
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Old 11-21-2007, 07:26 PM   #12 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36
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Re: Bad cpu?

Best guess at this point, too much thermal paste as outlined by 1 g0t 0wn3d, but that may not be the whole problem. Talk about your case cooling, how many fans, where located, and which direction are they blowing. Talk about your heatsink fan, blowing down or pulling hot air up???
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