Well, my father had a nice surprise today... the BIOS booted up with an error message saying something like "...error, the system cannot boot up to do... (possibly because of) CPU overheating , please have it serviced immediately. Also it asked something about should it use "network boot"... A repair technician is underway, but I do wonder, what is it that can cause CPU overheating? Aging (but system is pretty new, 2-3 years old)? Bad construction of the computer build (had a problem before because the video card wasn't fixed very well in its case)? Electric disturbances (power outages), ... ? My father also asked if the hard disk could be damaged; I answered that I didn't think so since these components should be pretty much isolated from each other. But, can a thing like this lead to data loss? Arrrg... I hate computer problems like this... I think with all the times things went wrong, father lost all trust in computer technology... lol.
anything working with electric power consist of transistors and these transistors' resistance makes the heat we know that but the case it the error may not be beacuse of overheating beacuse yesterday it was fine and today it's not working you say (or i got) so we must look for other troubles cpu heating may be caused of a boot trojan, making oc while starting up but it can't effect bios if you have a write protection on bios chip (somewhere in the settings but i can't remember now) so clearing the bios (cmos reset or just raise the cell battery on mobo for about 1 minute =) ) may be a solution for it there is not any data loss don't think of that even for ex. i didn't use shutdown menu for 5 years (directly closing the electric switch =) ) despite people believe that it will damage hdd, i guarantee it won't, just a data loss if you do it while you're playing a game and saving or writing something on notepad so closing it directly wil not harm anything on desktop ( this is for the shutdown that the pc does auto. like your case) electric cut outs or current changes will damage mobo and psu, generally cpu and gfx is getting out of there cool if it boots form network and it doesn't boot from hdd, it can be a hdd error not cpu (also increasing the chance of having a trojan in your pc) as we all know that trojans and other worms etc. viruses are being programmed by software corporations and technicians ( but russia is an exception guys =) ) don't try to call them to repair the pc unless you have to (i have a computer technician 11 years ago and it was for my branded pc as it had quarantee still =) ) i can see that you're playing wow (or guildwars) too = lol
CPU overheating could be caused by bad airflow in the case or a fan which is showing signs of wear. I doubt the former is responsible because you would of had overheating problems from the get go. The latter is possible due to age and general wear. Another cause could be that the thermal compound between the processor and heatsink is wearing thin and is no longer filling in the microscopic gaps between the two. That may be cause for concern. The BIOS should only ask that when all other boot options have failed, unless set otherwise in the BIOS. Some BIOS set up programs will show you the temperature of the processor and motherboard. I suggest you investigate this further. Check also that the hard drive is detected.
Hi Dracos, turned out it was just a lot of dust in the ventilation, plus overheating protection of the thingy... (bios?) And yes, I used to play Guild Wars, quite a lot. But that was a long time ago, I got bored with it after a while. How did you notice?
only mmorpg players like us use "lol" beacuse are you living in a building construct area in one day it makes ventilation problem whoa man i am still shocked really i recommend you two blower fans than beacuse they will really help
I think my new case (Gigabyte 3D Aurora GZ) has two 120mm fans, if those are the kind of fans you are talking about. And a good dust filter, according to one review.
well i can recommend you a new case fully constructed with water pumping radiators a bit larger than atx but my cousin bought it for his computer and it decreases the whole temp. about 10-15 degrees with no doubt of dust the radiator cooler fans are protected with filter brand is gigabyte but i can't remember the model you can find it easily if you can't i'll ask him for info
This one? Gigabyte Mercury Pro review (water-cooled ) Anyhow, don't think I need such a drastic solution, although I do understand your reasoning.
yeah, that's the big boy i said or maybe a smaller solution may be enough are you using stock coolers ? i found out that they take more dust on the copper coolant panels try cleaning them but if you unplug the fan maybe the thermal paste will spill (as it is dried too much considering your pc age) have an arctic silver 5 ready under your hand by the way that 2.4 cpu's stock fans are really a disaster if you're going to use it more maybe you may have to change it later
Enough dust in the system can also seriously impede airflow over time. If it's a small enough case, it may not effectively dissipate heat.
