Re: Applications crashing, increasing voltage seems to help but CPU runs very hot

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From: Michael Akins (please_do_not_reply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/24/04


Date: 23 Jul 2004 23:05:09 -0700

please_do_not_reply@hotmail.com (Michael Akins) wrote in message news:<c9a51356.0407170657.61daf3cb@posting.google.com>...
> I've been experiencing application crashes for a few months now, with
> it getting worse and worse. A backup without compression works fine
> but a backup with compression crashes every time. This lead me to
> believe it was the CPU and when I increase voltage then I can do a
> backup with compression without crashing. However, when I increase
> the voltage 0.05 the CPU runs really hot. I was rendering a DVD and
> the CPU temp got up to 64 and then the program crashed. I am not
> overclocking so I don't understand why this is happening. Could this
> be a problem with my motherboard? Is there anyway I can find out for
> sure before I buy a new motherboard?

Just a follow-up note, in order to help others: I bought a new
motherboard and now everything is fine. It was definitely the
motherboard. Now my CPU temp is 44 even when 100% used rendering
video. With the Epox I was over 50 idle. I also applied artic silver
to the CPU/heatsink when I upgraded, so that could help too.

Life's too short and motherboards too cheap to suffer through crashes
caused by a bad motherboard!

Michael



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