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| Thread ID: 82120 | 2007-08-16 09:33:00 | PC freezes at startup | restoril (12672) | Press F1 |
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| 581616 | 2007-08-16 10:52:00 | ok I'll burn the iso to run memtest just in case I dont make it out of the BIOS screen and cant start up again :( | restoril (12672) | ||
| 581617 | 2007-08-16 12:11:00 | as soon as I was done posting the above, it froze... I went into BIOS and loaded the defaults. my PC froze 5 mins into startup (it started up to windows fine, but it froze) I made the memtest bootable and ran it... it froze!!! 22 min into the scan/test! its prob about to freeze again :horrified also, how do I find what motherboard I have? |
restoril (12672) | ||
| 581618 | 2007-08-16 12:29:00 | as soon as I was done posting the above, it froze... I went into BIOS and loaded the defaults. my PC froze 5 mins into startup (it started up to windows fine, but it froze) I made the memtest bootable and ran it... it froze!!! 22 min into the scan/test! its prob about to freeze again :horrified also, how do I find what motherboard I have? hi man i feel for u, im not a tech .but lurk in here at nite wen ther asleep as i work nites ,all u can do is open up ure case double check everything is seated in firmly power leads ram everthing id say ure ram is probly the culprit now. or tweak siad it could be ure psu .lucky ther both relitivly cheap to replace. |
ferrite (4221) | ||
| 581619 | 2007-08-17 03:51:00 | something's loose from my motherboard!!! some square metal thing... I'll get pics asap | restoril (12672) | ||
| 581620 | 2007-08-17 04:18:00 | i215.photobucket.com i215.photobucket.com i215.photobucket.com |
restoril (12672) | ||
| 581621 | 2007-08-17 05:17:00 | :eek: The square metal thing as described with the slots is the heat sink for the Chipset. Its normally held on by two push down errrrrrr pins or glued( lack of better wording here lol). Bit odd that falling off, has the PC been dropped or bashed ? The heatsink has normally got a thin layer of paste under it. If you are lucky, locate the pins and see if you can reconnect the heatsink. Other wise it may be a trip to the repair shop. Overheating chip sets will do all sorts of funny things. Cant quite make out the details of the last picture sorry well done on providing the Pic's:thumbs: Fix the Heatsink and I think most if not all your problems will be solved, and you'll have a clean PC from all the cleaning programs run through it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 581622 | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | on the last pic, I'm just showing the little clip that fell off... so, pretty much, I gotta clip it back on and use thermal paste? |
restoril (12672) | ||
| 581623 | 2007-08-17 09:55:00 | Carefully check around the heatsink to make sure theres no rubbish under it, you may have to fully remove to reapply the paste depending if its just "slipped down" or fallen of completely, carefully put it back together and all going well that should stop the freeze ups . Make sure you earth yourself by touching the case before handling a M/B or wear an antistatic strap . ( best bet) Please let us know the outcome . Cheers . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 581624 | 2007-08-18 10:12:00 | I was able to clip it back on and I used a new layer of thermal compound.. so far it's ok thanks |
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