wont stay on?
alright.. well i just finished building a new computer. specs:
400w ATX case w/ thermal gauge
ASUS P4P-800 mobo
2x512 DDR400 Hynix RAM sticks
ATI Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT 256MB
SB Audigy
120 GB Seagate Barracuda 8M SATA
Intel P4 3.0GHz
well the first few days i was testing my computer everything was running perfectly fine. I checked the cpu temp from ASUS Probe (monitors things in your computer - comes with the ASUS package) everything was perfectly fine. I even managed to format my drives and install the OS at school. I take the computer home to reformat the drive and install WIN XP, the CPU kept overheating during my formatting. I took the side panel off to attempt to keep the system cool and i managed to install everything i needed. I checked ASUS Probe for cpu temp and it reached mid 60 C. I tried running a game it went all the way up to 80-90 C. I was like wtf? So i decided to replace my thermal grease and buy a fan. I purchased Arctic Silver 5 (thermal grease) and installed the fan on the back. After putting everyting back together again I tried running the computer again but this time it dies during booting. The comp can't even stay on for more than 2 seconds. I am assuming i somehow fried the processor? I dont know. Because I removed the previous thermal grease that was applied on my processor with like a Q-tip (i read the website) and only applied a little arctic silver. Can someone help? I dunno if my processor is still valid for warranty though..
400w ATX case w/ thermal gauge
ASUS P4P-800 mobo
2x512 DDR400 Hynix RAM sticks
ATI Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT 256MB
SB Audigy
120 GB Seagate Barracuda 8M SATA
Intel P4 3.0GHz
well the first few days i was testing my computer everything was running perfectly fine. I checked the cpu temp from ASUS Probe (monitors things in your computer - comes with the ASUS package) everything was perfectly fine. I even managed to format my drives and install the OS at school. I take the computer home to reformat the drive and install WIN XP, the CPU kept overheating during my formatting. I took the side panel off to attempt to keep the system cool and i managed to install everything i needed. I checked ASUS Probe for cpu temp and it reached mid 60 C. I tried running a game it went all the way up to 80-90 C. I was like wtf? So i decided to replace my thermal grease and buy a fan. I purchased Arctic Silver 5 (thermal grease) and installed the fan on the back. After putting everyting back together again I tried running the computer again but this time it dies during booting. The comp can't even stay on for more than 2 seconds. I am assuming i somehow fried the processor? I dont know. Because I removed the previous thermal grease that was applied on my processor with like a Q-tip (i read the website) and only applied a little arctic silver. Can someone help? I dunno if my processor is still valid for warranty though..
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I would also check to absolutely make sure the heatsink is firmly seated and leveled on the CPU.
Also, make sure the fan is hooked into the correct CPU fan connector on the mobo. I've run into a prob more than once where I accidentally hooked the CPU fan into a system fan output, so my comp wouldn't book up coz it thought there was no fan on the CPU.
well.. i applied pressure on one end of the heatsink and the comp managed to boot all the way to the XP login screen.. the heatsink looks fine but i think its the base on the mobo that is tilted.. maybe when i was removing it the first time. (it was extremely hard :S). anyways i dont want to remove my heatsink i might make problems worse, i wanna just be extra cautious now.. any suggestions on how to keep the heatsink firm in place?
Not really... the heatink's retention mechanism is really all that you're stuck with.