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be4con · 05-05-2008, 03:01 AM

What exactly am I looking for with the CPU? Is it likely to be physically obvious if it is damaged?

I'll need to get some thermal paste before I can do this.

Some investigation into this pc online suggests that there may have been problems with the way the heat sink and fan was attached to the CPU, which might lead to overheating in some cases. Certainly it was quite noisy with the fan working fairly hard a lot of the time. Maybe this would hint that the CPU could have been damaged. If you can let me know what I might be looking for when I examine the CPU that would be great.

If it is the CPU it looks like I might need to spend upwards of £175 to replace it, in which case I might cut my losses and consider a new system. I'm thinking maybe of building my own this time round though...

05-05-2008, 03:01 AM	#30 (permalink)
be4con Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 61 OS: XP Home	Re: Is my PSU dead? What exactly am I looking for with the CPU? Is it likely to be physically obvious if it is damaged? I'll need to get some thermal paste before I can do this. Some investigation into this pc online suggests that there may have been problems with the way the heat sink and fan was attached to the CPU, which might lead to overheating in some cases. Certainly it was quite noisy with the fan working fairly hard a lot of the time. Maybe this would hint that the CPU could have been damaged. If you can let me know what I might be looking for when I examine the CPU that would be great. If it is the CPU it looks like I might need to spend upwards of £175 to replace it, in which case I might cut my losses and consider a new system. I'm thinking maybe of building my own this time round though...