D drf Distinguished Sep 25, 2010 1 0 18,510 Sep 25, 2010 #1 win xp sp3 pro 2gb of ram 250 gb hd lcd acer.24 in My system freezes up, hangs up , just started out of the clear blue. touching the chipset heatsink it gets hot an just wondering if it went bad on me. all fans on the computer are turning
win xp sp3 pro 2gb of ram 250 gb hd lcd acer.24 in My system freezes up, hangs up , just started out of the clear blue. touching the chipset heatsink it gets hot an just wondering if it went bad on me. all fans on the computer are turning
treefrog07 Splendid Jul 7, 2008 3,954 0 23,460 Sep 26, 2010 #2 Maybe you need to replace the thermal interface material with Arctic Silver. Available here. Upvote 0 Downvote