CPU Melt Down????

[Sexystu06]

Hello,

I have an old AMD Athlon computer i turned it on the other day and i got a pungent burning smell and now the main board powers up and the heat sink fan spins but it is NOT going through the P.O.S.T and it is not beeping i think it is melt down the heat paste is dry and crumbly

ddoes this sound like melt down??

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Smell the PSU.....Those symptoms are normally psu...

All the best Brett

 

[AdrianPerry]

Re-applying thermal paste might be a wise move too.

 

[BKD]

Greetings.

Fan has to turn fast enough, not just turn.

Thanks for the post. I searched CPU thermal meltdown and found this thread. In my case the fan was turning, but turning too slowly. Checking temps in the BIOS I was over 75 C. Fan wasn't moving much air. Swapped fans and I"m at 43 C overclocked.

Posting this for anyone else that comes along. Interested to hear how you resolved your issue though.

Thanks again. Thanks all.

Be real, be sober.

 

[rds1220]

A strong acidic smell is usually caused from a blown PSU. If you have an extra PSU or know someone who does switch it out and see if it works.