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- Mar 9, 2008
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- Virginia Beach, VA
Hey gang,
I've been running into some problems with my rig in the last few days. I'm just trying to confirm I am on the right track and whether or not my issues are acceptable.
The other day I started getting spontaneous reboots. Long story short, after dropping a lot of money on new hardware and Vista (this was only the catalyst for the upgrade...I had been meaning to anyway), I am still having my same reboots with the BSOD even in safe mode.
I finally started thinking I was dealing with heat issues so after one of these all too familiar fits, I shut down and started feeling around. It seemed like the heat sink on my northbridge was hotter than it should be. After letting it sit for about 5 minutes, it booted right up without any problems. Thinking about it, my troubles always occurred during gaming sessions or after the box had been on for a long period of time (i.e. overnight testing my HDD).
Here's my system:
E8400 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7
Maximus Formula
1GB x2 PC6400 Crucial Ballistix
EVGA 8800GTS
Seagate Barracuda SATA/300
I was overclocked, but with the advent of my troubles I have reverted everything to stock.
The questions I have are:
1. Does my logic seem feasible or are my problems likely something else?
2. Are there any good programs I can use to monitor my specific mobo temperatures (I included a CPUID screenshot, but I don't know if anything on there is my NB).
3. I'd like to upgrade a few of the fans in my case. Any recommendations on what fans have a good balance of flow and noise?
4. I've run memtest+ 86 and Drive Fitness Test with no problems. Any programs out there I can use to test the health (not looking at overclocking performance here) or my video card and my mobo?
5. Lastly, since I'm here, is there any software I can use to override the BIOS controls for my CPU fan? Preferably I'd like to leave it powered from the mobo.
Thanks guys!!!
Andy
I've been running into some problems with my rig in the last few days. I'm just trying to confirm I am on the right track and whether or not my issues are acceptable.
The other day I started getting spontaneous reboots. Long story short, after dropping a lot of money on new hardware and Vista (this was only the catalyst for the upgrade...I had been meaning to anyway), I am still having my same reboots with the BSOD even in safe mode.
I finally started thinking I was dealing with heat issues so after one of these all too familiar fits, I shut down and started feeling around. It seemed like the heat sink on my northbridge was hotter than it should be. After letting it sit for about 5 minutes, it booted right up without any problems. Thinking about it, my troubles always occurred during gaming sessions or after the box had been on for a long period of time (i.e. overnight testing my HDD).
Here's my system:
E8400 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7
Maximus Formula
1GB x2 PC6400 Crucial Ballistix
EVGA 8800GTS
Seagate Barracuda SATA/300
I was overclocked, but with the advent of my troubles I have reverted everything to stock.
The questions I have are:
1. Does my logic seem feasible or are my problems likely something else?
2. Are there any good programs I can use to monitor my specific mobo temperatures (I included a CPUID screenshot, but I don't know if anything on there is my NB).
3. I'd like to upgrade a few of the fans in my case. Any recommendations on what fans have a good balance of flow and noise?
4. I've run memtest+ 86 and Drive Fitness Test with no problems. Any programs out there I can use to test the health (not looking at overclocking performance here) or my video card and my mobo?
5. Lastly, since I'm here, is there any software I can use to override the BIOS controls for my CPU fan? Preferably I'd like to leave it powered from the mobo.
Thanks guys!!!
Andy
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