im useing a artic cooler have refitted 3 times maybe its a bad chip got 2nd hand ive now put my old dual core back in and its fine maybe the board cant take this chip someone said the bios might need updateing or flashing might be a dead chip but just can understand why it locks up after half hr...
hi i have a acer n1996 motheboard with a dualcore cpu 775 socket ive tryed putting a quad q8200 rund for 30 mins then locks tryed new cooler but still the same put old chip back in and its fine just dont understand how it is ok for half hr then the whole pc locks and i must turn it of and on...
ive a acer motherboard n1996 tryed to put a quad q8200 in and it keeps locking up after 30 mins got new cooler still the same if i put the old dual core back in its fine help please cheers