Hello all,
I'm not a computer expert by any means, but this community helped me build a gaming computer, as seen in this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2180061/building-question-case-reuse-part-suggestions.html#xtor=EPR-8809 (I picked the Intel option suggested by jaraldo).
Last night my computer stopped working with the following symptoms:
(1) My case light stays on, and can't be powered off while holding the power button
(2) Upon opening it up, I realized that there was a fair amount of dust in the case, especially in the CPU fan.
(3) After cleaning things out to the best of my ability and restarting the computer, I noticed that while the case fan (and light) turned on, and the hard drive fan and power supply seemed to be on, neither the CPU fan nor the video card fan were spinning.
We just had a hot streak where I live, and a computer fan had been making some slightly odd noises over the last few weeks (I thought it was the case fan getting a little loose, but maybe not), I presume the CPU/fan overheated. Does this sound reasonable? I'll take it out tonight, clear it out and reseat it, but I'm not optimistic.
Given this, my question is how to proceed. Should I presume it's just the CPU, and order a new one? If so, should I try to upgrade?
Old version: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116895
New version?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302
Or should I order a new motherboard/CPU combo right off the bat?
Old motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157384
New motherboard?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157512
I'm not afraid of replacing parts, but I'd also rather not spend more than I need to. And I presume that if I upgrade, I'll also need to reinstall windows (which I can do, but is just generally annoying).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Nick
I'm not a computer expert by any means, but this community helped me build a gaming computer, as seen in this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2180061/building-question-case-reuse-part-suggestions.html#xtor=EPR-8809 (I picked the Intel option suggested by jaraldo).
Last night my computer stopped working with the following symptoms:
(1) My case light stays on, and can't be powered off while holding the power button
(2) Upon opening it up, I realized that there was a fair amount of dust in the case, especially in the CPU fan.
(3) After cleaning things out to the best of my ability and restarting the computer, I noticed that while the case fan (and light) turned on, and the hard drive fan and power supply seemed to be on, neither the CPU fan nor the video card fan were spinning.
We just had a hot streak where I live, and a computer fan had been making some slightly odd noises over the last few weeks (I thought it was the case fan getting a little loose, but maybe not), I presume the CPU/fan overheated. Does this sound reasonable? I'll take it out tonight, clear it out and reseat it, but I'm not optimistic.
Given this, my question is how to proceed. Should I presume it's just the CPU, and order a new one? If so, should I try to upgrade?
Old version: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116895
New version?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302
Or should I order a new motherboard/CPU combo right off the bat?
Old motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157384
New motherboard?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157512
I'm not afraid of replacing parts, but I'd also rather not spend more than I need to. And I presume that if I upgrade, I'll also need to reinstall windows (which I can do, but is just generally annoying).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Nick
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