Recent content by aidevelopment

My system is a bit old, but has been doing the job for me fine. Recently I've run in to some overheating problems I'm trying to resolve. I've already tried the basics of what I know. I've changed the thermal paste on the CPU, NB and SB, and cleaned out all of the fans (they seem to be fine, and...

I've been putting up with my sound set up for a few years, and I finally decided to do something about it. Windows 10 64 bit latest udpate 990FXA-UD3 onboard sound 5.1 surround system, works fine in the sound control panel, but in any other application the surround sound doesn't work properly...

Actually on further review you are correct. I think what happened is that I did not put enough paste on the first time so it ran hot and CAM alerted me. After having it in mid and applying more paste I saw the big numbers and panicked (as we don’t use F scale here). I’m on Windows desktop at...

Yeah it seems that way too me as well. I was expecting some hot air and a burned finger from touching the CPU as well (we’re talking hotter than boiling water). I don’t think it’s a unit misreport as it was fine up until now, and I did boot up windows briefly and immediately got warnings from...

Amd FX 8350 BLACK Ed. Over 100 degrees in BIOS. Crosshair V Formula Z. Today my PC shut off on its own a couple of times. So I went out and bought new paste (Arctic Silver 5) and applied. To my surprise in the BIOS the CPU temp was reported at 91 degrees and climbing. I cleaned the paste...