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Hi,
I'm running a relatively old and outdated system which keeps rebooting. I checked inside the system and everything was really hot... both 36GB Raptors, the CPU cooler and the PSU mainly. I'm running an Athlon 3200+ with a zalman silent cooler, the drives get the front 12cm fan hitting them constantly. The PSU is some cheap 500W I picked up when my zalman noiseless one decided to stop working in that system (is working fine in another).
I'm sort of assuming it's not a virus, but since the system keeps rebooting (and doesn't give me enough time to pick up on anything on the blue screen of death) I don't get enough time to do a full scan. AVG does have a chance to scan the registry and active processes and I've updated the graphics, sound and peripheral drivers.
I was wondering what solution I could use for my system. Would a better PSU help with the temperature problems? Maybe liquid cooling? Are there any water/liquid cooling options I could use that are non/very low maintanance?
I'm trying to remember off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure my system's main specs are: (I also believe it was in my sig.
)
DFI Lan Party Infinity II (NForce chipset)
Radeon 9800 Pro (new cooler, can't remember which one but can find out. System was working fine under full load (games, etc) until today. The room was at about 30C)
Athlon XP 3200+
2x 36GB Raptors
2x 512MB Geil Vaule memory (dual channel)
Adaptec TV Tuner card
Audigy 2 Platinum EX
16x DVD burner
I've been holding off upgrading my sytem until I could piece together a less power hungry, more powerful system. I'd like to get a Core 2 duo setup, any suggestions? My limit would be in the budget range
Thanks!
AJKA
I'm running a relatively old and outdated system which keeps rebooting. I checked inside the system and everything was really hot... both 36GB Raptors, the CPU cooler and the PSU mainly. I'm running an Athlon 3200+ with a zalman silent cooler, the drives get the front 12cm fan hitting them constantly. The PSU is some cheap 500W I picked up when my zalman noiseless one decided to stop working in that system (is working fine in another).
I'm sort of assuming it's not a virus, but since the system keeps rebooting (and doesn't give me enough time to pick up on anything on the blue screen of death) I don't get enough time to do a full scan. AVG does have a chance to scan the registry and active processes and I've updated the graphics, sound and peripheral drivers.
I was wondering what solution I could use for my system. Would a better PSU help with the temperature problems? Maybe liquid cooling? Are there any water/liquid cooling options I could use that are non/very low maintanance?
I'm trying to remember off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure my system's main specs are: (I also believe it was in my sig.
)DFI Lan Party Infinity II (NForce chipset)
Radeon 9800 Pro (new cooler, can't remember which one but can find out. System was working fine under full load (games, etc) until today. The room was at about 30C)
Athlon XP 3200+
2x 36GB Raptors
2x 512MB Geil Vaule memory (dual channel)
Adaptec TV Tuner card
Audigy 2 Platinum EX
16x DVD burner
I've been holding off upgrading my sytem until I could piece together a less power hungry, more powerful system. I'd like to get a Core 2 duo setup, any suggestions? My limit would be in the budget range
Thanks!
AJKA
