My friend's pc started going weird on us... like if it was possessed.
It would turn on and then off by itself w/o no 1 touching it. He eventually decided to unplug it from the wall. Before this the computer would get REAL HOT (about high 50's Celcius to low 60) and even after i decided 2 put some AS3 on it (have no idea what the HSF is, but it does have a volcano 6cu fan on it, and the HS is aluminum w/ a copper core @ bottom) and it still gets REAL HOT!!! I know the HSF works cuz when i'd turn it on the fan would start 2 make noise (its the only fan... no case fans... and doubt that the psu fan makes more noise than the HSF). I had told him recently to not turn it on and let me ask in some forums to see what ppl can recommend me do before turning it on again (so that it won't get SOO HOT again), and that's when the pc started to act like if it was possesed.
I have a Athlon XP 1600. and the HSF mentioned above.
Any Recomendations?
Would just getting an slk-800 or 900 do the trick?!?! btw, he has WinME (if it matters).
The greatest risk of all is not taking one!
It would turn on and then off by itself w/o no 1 touching it. He eventually decided to unplug it from the wall. Before this the computer would get REAL HOT (about high 50's Celcius to low 60) and even after i decided 2 put some AS3 on it (have no idea what the HSF is, but it does have a volcano 6cu fan on it, and the HS is aluminum w/ a copper core @ bottom) and it still gets REAL HOT!!! I know the HSF works cuz when i'd turn it on the fan would start 2 make noise (its the only fan... no case fans... and doubt that the psu fan makes more noise than the HSF). I had told him recently to not turn it on and let me ask in some forums to see what ppl can recommend me do before turning it on again (so that it won't get SOO HOT again), and that's when the pc started to act like if it was possesed.
I have a Athlon XP 1600. and the HSF mentioned above.
Any Recomendations?
Would just getting an slk-800 or 900 do the trick?!?! btw, he has WinME (if it matters).
The greatest risk of all is not taking one!
too. On the cpu itself, I got one of those lint-free cotton wipes (in fact, I used the lens cleaner of my friend's glasses) and was going 2 start 2 rub off the remaining gloop that was left on the cpu, but 4 some reason, when I started 2 rub on the cpu, it started 2 stick 2 the cotton sheet. It had acted like some sorta glue... in fact i think there are like 3 or 4 little hairs on there (in between the HS and the cpu) so I decided to just put the AS3 over it, cuz it looked like the more i tried to rub it off, the worse it was getting cuz more hairs would stick from this "lint free" cotton rag. I put the AS3 on top of it, and put the now shinny copper core HSF back in, and @ first the temp had dropped by like 10 degrees C, but I guess it later went back up (the temps).
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