Have been browsing these forums for a while now so i hope you can help me.
Ironically have been considering a new set-up but concluded at this moment i can neither afford or justify it.
To the problem in hand. (4 years old, shop bought, added 450watt corsair and ati4650 six months ago.)
System: pentium d930, mobo asus, chipset i945, 3gig ram.
Used computer as normal today, put in sleep mode went to use again, lights came on but no screen. Turned off computer, looked inside and booted. PSU working and harddrive active. CPU/GPU/case fan not turning (all these are connected via mobo). So switched comp off, all leads seemed fixed, tried a few quick on/offs. On third attempt case fan started and a couple of seconds later cpu fan started, system booted got error message stating cpu fan not working so comp shut down.
CPU fan was filthy so cleaned it up abit. rebooted and everying working.
Looked at bios to check temp the other day and it was 63c, (hadnt been using system heavily, just surfing).
After this problem, i immediately rebooted and checked cpu temp and it was 43c.
Any ideas what the problem could be. I'm thinking age and lack of care i.e dust build up?
Any help much appreciated
simon
On a side note if i was to build a new set up i.e. low spec AMD would i notice a huge difference in proformance (used for gaming eg l4d,anno 1404, CoD series, fallout3,battlegroundeurope,)
Ironically have been considering a new set-up but concluded at this moment i can neither afford or justify it.
To the problem in hand. (4 years old, shop bought, added 450watt corsair and ati4650 six months ago.)
System: pentium d930, mobo asus, chipset i945, 3gig ram.
Used computer as normal today, put in sleep mode went to use again, lights came on but no screen. Turned off computer, looked inside and booted. PSU working and harddrive active. CPU/GPU/case fan not turning (all these are connected via mobo). So switched comp off, all leads seemed fixed, tried a few quick on/offs. On third attempt case fan started and a couple of seconds later cpu fan started, system booted got error message stating cpu fan not working so comp shut down.
CPU fan was filthy so cleaned it up abit. rebooted and everying working.
Looked at bios to check temp the other day and it was 63c, (hadnt been using system heavily, just surfing).
After this problem, i immediately rebooted and checked cpu temp and it was 43c.
Any ideas what the problem could be. I'm thinking age and lack of care i.e dust build up?
Any help much appreciated
simon
On a side note if i was to build a new set up i.e. low spec AMD would i notice a huge difference in proformance (used for gaming eg l4d,anno 1404, CoD series, fallout3,battlegroundeurope,)
i suppose they were not meant to last forever, although saying that this rig i am typing on is an nforce 2/ mobile barton setup over clocked to hell and it is still going strong...