- Sep 6, 2011
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Hello, everyone. First off I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Collin, and I've been visiting this site for quite a while (because it's absolutely incredible). I don't know why I never made an account before, but it dawned on me that I should recently (probably because I've been having so many issues lately.)
Last October, I bought my first "gaming" desktop. Considering the fact that I didn't have half as much knowledge about computers as I do now, it was, in the beginning, a shot in the dark. The computer worked perfectly, but, me being me, I wanted to upgrade. I bought an AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition (which I still have and use today), and after a few minor setbacks and poor judgments (hey, we learn from our mistakes), I was up an running on a new power supply, motherboard and CPU. Everything was going great, and then the problems began.
The motherboard I bought was an ASUS M4A79XTD EVO, and it was a great board. It had lots of features, great cooling, and just all-around awesome functionality. It worked well for about four months, but then I started to get blue screens, crashes, the works. My hard drive failed, the motherboard started to go, and, needless to say, I went without a stable computer for months.
After I finally got the money to buy a new hard drive and motherboard (I also bought a new graphics card and 4GB of RAM), everything was working fine. I was able to run games on more-than-pleasing settings (because before my 9500 GT wasn't the best thing in the world), the computer ran cool and quick, and it finally seemed like things were going to start working again. I basically had rebuilt my whole computer; case, power supply, motherboard and all. The only original part from my previous build was my processor. (Which it would probably help to mention that throughout all of this, the pins on this CPU bent quite a bit. I was able to get them back, but I know that can still cause problems.) I was wrong, obviously, and am having quite a few issues, again.
The first problem, the one that bothers me the most, is the fact that my CPU and motherboard have a terrible tendency to overheat, even on low usage. Right now I'm using about 10% of my CPU, and both my motherboard and processor are hitting 50+ and 52+ degrees (Celsius), respectively. This problem came out of the blue, completely. I have 4 cases in my fan, 2 of which are pointed directly at my motherboard and processor. They blow cool air, and I can feel that my PC is getting a good airflow, considering my graphics card and hard drive never run above 45 and 35 degrees (Celsius, and also respectively.)
On top of all this, I encounter the occasional (which it hasn't happened in a while) blue screen or random restart. Programs crash, stop responding, etc. (I've just had to ignore the fact that an error popped up about the Desktop Windows Manager a few times, so it's really random.) The computer gets really slow (although boot up has been a bit quicker lately), updates fail, and I honestly think the CPU is going, but I'm not sure. (I'm really hoping it is, because I just got this motherboard, but since both are overheating, I don't know.)
My drivers stop responding too, when I'm playing a certain game (often Minecraft), and have to be recovered. This is another thing that bothers me, and makes me think I have a faulty motherboard (hopefully CPU, and less probably GPU), because my GPU never overheats. Even on hardware intensive games, it's fine. It's just the CPU and the motherboard.
Anyways, my whole point of this thread is I'm asking for guidance in regards to what to try next. I've reinstalled Windows and drivers multiple times, reapplied thermal compound to my CPU, reseated the heatsink, replaced multiple components, basically everything I can think of that doesn't require getting rid of my newest components and getting new ones.
I'm really hoping it's my CPU, and not my motherboard, but I don't know if a faulty CPU can cause a motherboard to overheat. I've considered just selling what "works" in my computer and buying a laptop or something, but I decided I want to know what the issue is, and hopefully fix it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.
Here are my full system specifications, I can provide other information if needed:
Case: Rosewill FUTURE
PSU: Rosewill 700W
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 6GB/s, 7200 RPM, 32MB Cache
Thanks again!
Last October, I bought my first "gaming" desktop. Considering the fact that I didn't have half as much knowledge about computers as I do now, it was, in the beginning, a shot in the dark. The computer worked perfectly, but, me being me, I wanted to upgrade. I bought an AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition (which I still have and use today), and after a few minor setbacks and poor judgments (hey, we learn from our mistakes), I was up an running on a new power supply, motherboard and CPU. Everything was going great, and then the problems began.
The motherboard I bought was an ASUS M4A79XTD EVO, and it was a great board. It had lots of features, great cooling, and just all-around awesome functionality. It worked well for about four months, but then I started to get blue screens, crashes, the works. My hard drive failed, the motherboard started to go, and, needless to say, I went without a stable computer for months.
After I finally got the money to buy a new hard drive and motherboard (I also bought a new graphics card and 4GB of RAM), everything was working fine. I was able to run games on more-than-pleasing settings (because before my 9500 GT wasn't the best thing in the world), the computer ran cool and quick, and it finally seemed like things were going to start working again. I basically had rebuilt my whole computer; case, power supply, motherboard and all. The only original part from my previous build was my processor. (Which it would probably help to mention that throughout all of this, the pins on this CPU bent quite a bit. I was able to get them back, but I know that can still cause problems.) I was wrong, obviously, and am having quite a few issues, again.
The first problem, the one that bothers me the most, is the fact that my CPU and motherboard have a terrible tendency to overheat, even on low usage. Right now I'm using about 10% of my CPU, and both my motherboard and processor are hitting 50+ and 52+ degrees (Celsius), respectively. This problem came out of the blue, completely. I have 4 cases in my fan, 2 of which are pointed directly at my motherboard and processor. They blow cool air, and I can feel that my PC is getting a good airflow, considering my graphics card and hard drive never run above 45 and 35 degrees (Celsius, and also respectively.)
On top of all this, I encounter the occasional (which it hasn't happened in a while) blue screen or random restart. Programs crash, stop responding, etc. (I've just had to ignore the fact that an error popped up about the Desktop Windows Manager a few times, so it's really random.) The computer gets really slow (although boot up has been a bit quicker lately), updates fail, and I honestly think the CPU is going, but I'm not sure. (I'm really hoping it is, because I just got this motherboard, but since both are overheating, I don't know.)
My drivers stop responding too, when I'm playing a certain game (often Minecraft), and have to be recovered. This is another thing that bothers me, and makes me think I have a faulty motherboard (hopefully CPU, and less probably GPU), because my GPU never overheats. Even on hardware intensive games, it's fine. It's just the CPU and the motherboard.
Anyways, my whole point of this thread is I'm asking for guidance in regards to what to try next. I've reinstalled Windows and drivers multiple times, reapplied thermal compound to my CPU, reseated the heatsink, replaced multiple components, basically everything I can think of that doesn't require getting rid of my newest components and getting new ones.
I'm really hoping it's my CPU, and not my motherboard, but I don't know if a faulty CPU can cause a motherboard to overheat. I've considered just selling what "works" in my computer and buying a laptop or something, but I decided I want to know what the issue is, and hopefully fix it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.
Here are my full system specifications, I can provide other information if needed:
Case: Rosewill FUTURE
PSU: Rosewill 700W
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 6GB/s, 7200 RPM, 32MB Cache
Thanks again!
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