Hi folks,
I built myself a computer a few years back with the following specs:
- COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED, 1x 140mm rear, 1x 230mm top, and 1x 230mm side
- Corsair CMFSSD-64GBG2D 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223B
- CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
- Western Digital WD Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
- HIS H577F1GDG Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
- Nippon Labs Premium 18" (1.5 ft.) SATA II Cable with locking latch for SATA I and SATA II Hard Drive Model SATA-L0.5-R
- Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7860
- ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
- G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH
It's running Win 7 right now.
In general, it has been awesome. No problems to speak of.
However, in the past few weeks, I've noticed it has been overheating. Upon booting, the BIOS screen will appear with the error message "CPU Overheat Error! Press F1 to resume!" (That may not be the exact wording, but that's the gist.) The thing is, sometimes I get that message even when the computer hasn't been on, so it's not like it happens after the machine has been running for hours.
I opened the case and cleaned the fans. I don't see anything obviously wrong with them. Typically, if I continue the boot, it runs fine, but it makes me nervous, so when I get this message I typically turn the machine off for a while.
Thoughts on how I could troubleshoot this? Despite having built the machine, hardware isn't really my strong suit...
I ran a hardware monitor utility (HWMonitor), and could post the results here, but they are kinda lengthy, so I'll wait for someone to ask for it...
Thanks!
Steve
I built myself a computer a few years back with the following specs:
- COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED, 1x 140mm rear, 1x 230mm top, and 1x 230mm side
- Corsair CMFSSD-64GBG2D 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223B
- CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
- Western Digital WD Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
- HIS H577F1GDG Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
- Nippon Labs Premium 18" (1.5 ft.) SATA II Cable with locking latch for SATA I and SATA II Hard Drive Model SATA-L0.5-R
- Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7860
- ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
- G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH
It's running Win 7 right now.
In general, it has been awesome. No problems to speak of.
However, in the past few weeks, I've noticed it has been overheating. Upon booting, the BIOS screen will appear with the error message "CPU Overheat Error! Press F1 to resume!" (That may not be the exact wording, but that's the gist.) The thing is, sometimes I get that message even when the computer hasn't been on, so it's not like it happens after the machine has been running for hours.
I opened the case and cleaned the fans. I don't see anything obviously wrong with them. Typically, if I continue the boot, it runs fine, but it makes me nervous, so when I get this message I typically turn the machine off for a while.
Thoughts on how I could troubleshoot this? Despite having built the machine, hardware isn't really my strong suit...
I ran a hardware monitor utility (HWMonitor), and could post the results here, but they are kinda lengthy, so I'll wait for someone to ask for it...
Thanks!
Steve