- May 23, 2018
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My PC froze last week. When I rebooted the bios showed the CPU at 79 deg C, which seemed very hot as normally it is around 50 - 55 deg max (AMD FX6300). Inside the case the CPU fan was broke. Put in a new fan, and running at a cool 50 degs...however, PC (running Windows 7) kept freezing every few mins at random points...total screen freeze, even ctrl-alt-del does nothing, only solution is pull the plug.
Even safe mode had same issue. So, did a format of the HDD and fresh install. Installation went fine, but same issue, before even getting chance to install any apps... Just moving the mouse around is enough to freeze it up.
Had a spare HDD, so did another fresh install...same thing, so HDD seems ok.
Had spare RAM, swapped that out, no difference.
There are only 3 more components / permutations that I can try (I think) - swap CPU, motherboard, or graphics card. But I don't have spares of any of these so will have to order some... (money :-( )
Would I be correct in guessing that the CPU was permanently damaged in the overheat?
In any event, I have no way of knowing so plan to opt to swap in least expensive order....the CPU is only $60, but the motherboard is around $150 and the graphics card $250...is this a sensible approach? Could it really be the motherboard or GPU? (Hoping not!)
Any thoughts?
Even safe mode had same issue. So, did a format of the HDD and fresh install. Installation went fine, but same issue, before even getting chance to install any apps... Just moving the mouse around is enough to freeze it up.
Had a spare HDD, so did another fresh install...same thing, so HDD seems ok.
Had spare RAM, swapped that out, no difference.
There are only 3 more components / permutations that I can try (I think) - swap CPU, motherboard, or graphics card. But I don't have spares of any of these so will have to order some... (money :-( )
Would I be correct in guessing that the CPU was permanently damaged in the overheat?
In any event, I have no way of knowing so plan to opt to swap in least expensive order....the CPU is only $60, but the motherboard is around $150 and the graphics card $250...is this a sensible approach? Could it really be the motherboard or GPU? (Hoping not!)
Any thoughts?
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