Recent content by mrreilly

ok, so here's the deal. today i took everything apart, took the CPU out and cleaned off the thermal paste. then I put everything back together, put the CPU in and then put the heatsink on (no thermal paste was allpied at this point). started the computer up and it ran fine again. so i figured...

The external thermometer is part of my case. There's a temp display on the from of the case. As far as narrowing the problem, I think it's the processor. I'm going to get in tuch with intel and see if I can replace my CPU. I'm running a Pentium 4 @ 3.0GHz w/ HT. my power supply came with the...

Today I bought a new heatsink for my computer to replace the stock heatsink. When i got home, I installed it, hooked everything back up, and it worked fine. Then I realized that my temp. gauge wasn't placed in the right spot, so it wasn;t getting the right temp of the CPU. So I took the...

I've never put any thermal paste on my cpu and I've had it for about a year. No problems. Should I have? I'm getting a new heatsink in a few days, so should I just go ahead and order some?

sounds good. thanks for responding so quickly. I didn't expect to get a response until tomorow. thanks for your help. To anyone else that may read this please give your input as well, it would be appriciated.

Wow that's awsome. So back to my question about whether or not i should get rid of my old stick of memory. or does that not really matter? any idea?

512MB DDR3200 184 pin DIMM 400MHz

P4 w/ HT 3.0GHz Socket 775 512MB RAM Radeon x800 256MB video card 80GB Hard Drive Mobo: Abit AS-8

I soon plan on buying a gig or RAM for my computer in a month or so and was wondering when I do so, should I discard my old stick of 512MB? I've heard it's not a good idea to mix different brands of memory. I plan on getting 2X512MB dual channel, but not sure which manufacture. I now have a...