Hi guys, I need some advice for my computer. This is the story:
One morning, my computer started to freeze. It was quite sudden cuz just the night before I was playing games on it. I checked my temperature monitor and noticed that the CPU was ~10 degrees hotter than normal even on idle. My computer fan was still going and I cleaned the heat sink, but the problem persisted. I ctrl-alt-del and looked at the processes and didn't notice anything in the way of viruses that could be running the CPU. I couldn't run the anti virus, cuz the CPU would get really hot.
My guess was that something was wrong with the thermal grease/glue. Does that sound reasonable? Why the change was so sudden, I don't know, but it is the only thing I can think of. So I'm open to suggestions.
I took the CPU sink off last night. It's a stock heat sink with the carbon pad. The heat sink came off without any resistance. I read elsewhere on this forum that you need to twist a little etc, but mine came off really easily, which makes me think that it's the grease even more...
In any case, I broke the fan mount, so unless I can get a replacement, I'll need to get another fan. Any suggestions on fans? Also, what is the difference between socket 478 etc when it comes to choosing a fan?
Thanks so much!
One morning, my computer started to freeze. It was quite sudden cuz just the night before I was playing games on it. I checked my temperature monitor and noticed that the CPU was ~10 degrees hotter than normal even on idle. My computer fan was still going and I cleaned the heat sink, but the problem persisted. I ctrl-alt-del and looked at the processes and didn't notice anything in the way of viruses that could be running the CPU. I couldn't run the anti virus, cuz the CPU would get really hot.
My guess was that something was wrong with the thermal grease/glue. Does that sound reasonable? Why the change was so sudden, I don't know, but it is the only thing I can think of. So I'm open to suggestions.
I took the CPU sink off last night. It's a stock heat sink with the carbon pad. The heat sink came off without any resistance. I read elsewhere on this forum that you need to twist a little etc, but mine came off really easily, which makes me think that it's the grease even more...
In any case, I broke the fan mount, so unless I can get a replacement, I'll need to get another fan. Any suggestions on fans? Also, what is the difference between socket 478 etc when it comes to choosing a fan?
Thanks so much!