the heat sink. The heat sink is not just a hollow copper tube with fins. It is filled with a heat conducting fluid. If the tube leaks then the fluid evaporates and that's the end of it. Again, the symptoms: Over time, the fans stay on longer and harder....

If you are sure it's an overheating issue, what router would you recommend? Your symptoms you describe is of over heating. The reason I don't like combo units you have twice the heat. The radio part (AP) along with the ram and cpu are what generates the most....

I agree, double check your PSU. yes those are pretty common symptoms for not enough power or possibly over heating download atitool 2.7 and click on the "show 3d view" button, it will display a spinning furry cube on your screen that will heat your card...

balls up by now) and core temp has recorded the CPU at nothing over 60 degrees, however the palm rest section left of the mouse pointer touch pad seems to get quite warm (i suspect that is where the HD is) which is suspicious, could it be my HD over heating?...

files at the time and there we continuing to copy even after the screens died. Checked temp on hard ware components, and nothing felt hot to the touch. So it doesnt seem to be an over heating issue. Having solved this problem over and over now I can safely...

on and off. So after I touched up the 4 solder points, I could not get the lightning bolt to light up at all. Did I fry something? I honestly thought I had not over heated the points and had certainly improved the integrity of the connection. What gives!? - (this...

Editor and open up the BIOS (bios.rom or whatever name you gave it). Where you set the clock speeds/voltages is up to you. My main concern is the fan, and keeping the card from over heating. After playing around with the two settings for the fan speed / threshhold...

though. Would Fry's electronics be able to diagnose mobo/cpu and tell me if they are bad? ~ag~ sounds like the cpu might be overheating? or a falt in the cpu fan, i kno that a computer will shut down if the cpu is over heating and if the fan is bad or has...

3d games stress the entire system much more than anything else a casual computer user is likely to run. So it could very easily be a cpu over heating issue. We see this all the time, trust me. Download orthos which will run a stress test on your cpu and...