Recent content by Drazzminius

Sorry, I also posted this in the CPU forum. Thread here. Thanks for the input, tho! Happy holidays to everyone. :D

LOL, no the vacuum never touches the board or other components. My wife has a Kirby and I use it and the attachments to clean out the vents, fans and case areas. I know better than to let the static hit my MB. Thanks, though! You're right. Good advice for anyone that might not put the two...

I was troubleshooting the random shutdowns. Definitely related..... :P

I open the system about every 2 months and completely vacuum/blow out all the dust. Last time was as I was troubleshooting this last week and again Friday before I replaced the PSU. Hmmmmm......

I'm not actually in Iraq yet. I leave in Feb. I just don't want to drop all my cash on a system I'm only going to use for a couple of months (weeks, if the wife has anything to say about it) and have it already outdated by the time I have any time to really use it later. I just need to keep...

I have two case fans; one is mounted on the side of the case panel that accesses the Motherboard. I'll try taking the side panel off and running a fan on it to see. Just seems kinda funny that it would have worked fine for the past 4 1/2 years and is just now acting up if it was the cooling of...

I haven't had a single problem with my system until about two weeks ago. At first, I thought maybe a virus or something (sister-in-law was here and kept installing chat programs... AACK!), but got those cleared with no problems. I did about 2 weeks of searching and finally concluded it was the...

Thanks for all the good info. I'm going to run out today and get some thermal compound and a better cooler (Black Friday sales are still running in many places here in San Diego). Hopefully, between the two I can get the issue resolved. I just hate the hit-or-miss troubleshooting. Plannning...

Thanks for the link. Gonna give it a try. :)

Where do you find Core Temp? I looked at both Download.com and FreeWareFiles.com and couldn't find it. Thanks!

.....And I still get random shutdowns as I randomly climb from around 55 deg C to 68 deg C. Maybe the CPU cooler? I have a standard fan at the moment (checked it with case open and it seems to be working properly). Should I get something bigger?

Went into my BIOS and changed the CPU Voltage setting from [Auto] to [Menu] and the lowest value it gave me was 1.75v and went up in .25 increments. I left it in manual, but when I logged back in, it is still at 1.79v... :?

====== CPU Info ====== Processor : AMD Athlon XP Frequency : 1466 MHz - (current : 1469.95 MHz) Support : Socket A Cache L1 : 128 KB Cache L2 : 256 KB Voltage : 1.792 V Processor Temperature : 53 °C FPU Coprocessor : Present Processor activity : : 30% Going to try to manually set the...

Case = Adamant Computers custom built ATX Mid Tower from February 2002 (purchased new when I came back from overseas) and has worked great up until the past couple of weeks. Power Supply = POWORK (PSP701 Power Supply, Dual Fan, Retail Box) ATX Low Noise / High Efficiency Over-Current /...

I posted this at the Motherboard section: What should be the CPU processing Temp? I just looked again and it is now 67 C. Is this high? Maybe my CPU Fan?