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Started by TheAterix | | 5 answers
Computer keeps BSOD after replacing thermal paste on CPU and GPU URGENT
My computer keeps BSOD after replacing thermal paste on both gpu and cpu, im not 100% on what the temps were at the time of BSOD but i can imagine them being high... Please help me as im pretty stuck, also memory is in the same slot as it was before!

HELP me out

THANKS
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a b à CPUs
September 21, 2014 2:38:06 AM

No worries, glad to hear you got it fixed
September 21, 2014 1:47:01 AM

smackers_12 said:
Dont know if you solved the problem but did you lose any of the thermal pads on the gpu heatsink. That will cause it to overheat quick


turns out, after i read the .dmp file about the bsod it was an ati driver file, so i replaced the gpu drivers with the latest ones, and it works a treat now! Thanks for your help though, that was my first worry, i never checked it, but seems the gpu is fine so its okay, thanks though!

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a b à CPUs
September 21, 2014 12:07:29 AM

Dont know if you solved the problem but did you lose any of the thermal pads on the gpu heatsink. That will cause it to overheat quick
September 12, 2014 8:31:13 AM

mamiedestroy said:
I got a few questions:

What is your operating system and what (if any) errors did you get on the BSOD ?
What thermal solution did you use ?
What made you change the thermal paste and did you clean the old one all the way ?
What are your idle temps (CPU and GPU) ?

Also, are you using a laptop ? (since you replaced the GPU's paste...)

I may have forgotten some...


1) Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, and im not sure what to look for, nothing came up when i went back into windows if thats what your asking
2) MX-4 (real stuff lol)
3) wanted a reduction in temps basically and yes 100%, checked and checked again
4) 18 degrees cpu, 57 GPU (i have amd 8320 and amd r9 290)

If you need anymore info just ask :) 

Thanks for the reply
September 12, 2014 12:18:54 AM

I got a few questions:

What is your operating system and what (if any) errors did you get on the BSOD ?
What thermal solution did you use ?
What made you change the thermal paste and did you clean the old one all the way ?
What are your idle temps (CPU and GPU) ?

Also, are you using a laptop ? (since you replaced the GPU's paste...)

I may have forgotten some...

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