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wolfwiser · 10-08-2006, 07:00 AM

I didn't get my CPU checked, I thought if it worked it was OK!?

I'll try a different socket when I get home as I'm at work now. I wasn't aware that the CPU could seem OK for a while then cause problems, I hadn't really been pushing it much and the cooling I have is pretty good.

I used artic silver 5, and I did clean the old thermal paste off using iso-propanol. My CPU fan is a thermaltake big typhoon, and the temperatures I have seen in the recent past have been pretty cool, around 45°C if I remember rightly, the HD however were ~5-8°C higher.

I didn't notice any other power surge, I suppose its got to be the CPU, graphics card or the HDs as they are the only thing that remain from my last problems.

Can I rule out problems with the HDs as I cant even get to the BIOS?

So can a CPU be partially faulty? Its still strange as to why its just stopped working when all seemed well. Where do you think I should go from here and are any components safe to re-use if I were to build another PC, just would like to keep cost to a minimum.

10-08-2006, 07:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
wolfwiser Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 56 OS: WinXP MCE	I didn't get my CPU checked, I thought if it worked it was OK!? I'll try a different socket when I get home as I'm at work now. I wasn't aware that the CPU could seem OK for a while then cause problems, I hadn't really been pushing it much and the cooling I have is pretty good. I used artic silver 5, and I did clean the old thermal paste off using iso-propanol. My CPU fan is a thermaltake big typhoon, and the temperatures I have seen in the recent past have been pretty cool, around 45°C if I remember rightly, the HD however were ~5-8°C higher. I didn't notice any other power surge, I suppose its got to be the CPU, graphics card or the HDs as they are the only thing that remain from my last problems. Can I rule out problems with the HDs as I cant even get to the BIOS? So can a CPU be partially faulty? Its still strange as to why its just stopped working when all seemed well. Where do you think I should go from here and are any components safe to re-use if I were to build another PC, just would like to keep cost to a minimum.