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Hi guys  hope you can help, computer keeps crashing,would the cpu temp,be responsible?.

System fan reads 0 rpm  cpu temp now is 73deg,last night read 93 deg,s, cpu is AMD XP2000,any explanations as to why the MB would go belly up after only 9 month,s? Just been replaced.Whats the normal temp for a CPU?

Im getting all kinds of  differnt messages, 1 minute it will start next minute nothing will load, any advice will be welcome, cheers lads.

woah,i dont have to much knowledge of amd but i am almost sure that is not right way to hot. have you checked the fan to see if it being blocked or if something has gotten tangled in it? my laptop runs at about 32*c upto 50*c playing some games. and i believe that high temp could be responsible for the crashes. like i said open it up and check the fan or somethings bound to melt

hi done that, nothing ,s blocked the wires are rubbing against the case, of the fan, is that

Sounds like your fan may be shot. I'd highly recomend taking it to a computer repair store. A normal temp for a CPU should be 40-50C, if it stays like that, your CPU could burn out.

93 degrees Centigrade equates to, lets see, (93 x 1. + 32 = 199.4 degrees Farenheit. Your CPU should've gone into convulsion. I would'nt take the chance. Get yourself a new CPU fan. They're not that expensive.

Hogans Alley

Think it will be ok ,I messed about with it and it,s now about 53 deg,s all night .No problems so far.

keeping my fingers crossed .

cheers

woah,93

get some ArcticSilver 3 goo and apply it on the processor.

but first:
brush all the dust out of the cooler ribs and from the fan

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean it's still alive!     AMAZING!!!

If your fan speed said 0 rpm, maybe it had stopped.

Don't just say, " oh I think it will be fine now...."

It really needs a careful checking over and leave the case side off for a while and listen to see if there is a power failure in the fan circuit even if you get a new fan.

You have probably already  damaged your cpu beyond repair, lets just hope your mainboard isn't stuffed as well.

It takes just a fraction of a minute to blow an AMD CPU with no fan running so get it fixed.

You might be lucky though, a friend and myself left the fan cable off an XP1800 for a few mins, it blackened the mo/board a bit , but the cpu lasted another 4 months!

I got my AMD 1800XP to a horrible 85 C on idle when i had the cooler mounted the wrong way around.

And try using a cooler which connects to the harddisk power connectors, that will spare your motherboard when having a heavy cooling fan

93 degrees C is extremely high: Your Mother Board would melt down.

You are probably reading F degrees not Celcius or what ever you are reading your temps with is giving you miss information.

Normall operating temperature depends on a lot of factors. But should be in this range.

Ferinheit degrees

80 to 100 Safe
100 to 110 Alarm Zone
110 to 130 Danger you will create damage to your computer.

1. Type of case Plastic or aluminum. Is it well ventilated, number of fans, does your case have enough air flow to prevent a vacum on the inside of the case? If you have a vacum in the case it will collect more dust?

2. Aluminum cools faster.

3. Type of fans you have. I suggest PC Power and cooling. They have a web sight but I do not remember what it is.  Phone number is 760-931-5700 Carlsbad, CA.

4. Do not rely on software programs or digital readouts for internal tempretures. There often incorrect.
I recomend 110 Alert from PC Power and Cooling. It is an internal hardware item for about fifteen dollars.  Monitors the internal tempretures and when it reaches 110 F alarms go off and the computer will shut down. Very simple to install. You use a Y connector from the Power Supply.

Try cleaning the inside of your computer with oxygen at least once a month. dust creates a lot of problems.

Hope this helps

A and P

Pure Oxygen in the presence of any grease should provide an explosion large enough to destroy your computer and everything else within several metres, with possibly fatal results, so please be careful when using it. OR DON'T!!!!!!!!!

[quote]Pure Oxygen in the presence of any grease should provide an explosion large enough to destroy your computer and everything else within several metres, with possibly fatal results, so please be careful when using it. OR DON'T!!!!!!!!!

I carefully use an Oldfield's four inch painter's brush for
cleaning electronics, and a cotton bud and rubbing alcohol for the tricky bits when needed. But, I'm a bush
technician.  

Thanks for the tips guys.Bought a new fan for the CPU,but its still running higher than id like ,reduced the core voltage to 100mzh should be 133 mzh .Dont like reducing the voltage , though its an AMD xp 2000+,id like full capacity.

When I run the cpu at 133mhz the temp goes up to about 60 to 64 ect  and i get problems,like i say just bought a new fan which should be good for a 3000 cpu .will try cleaning the damm thing and se what happens.Cheers guys any more advice would  be gratful.