JonCole Posted August 18, 2013 If anything crops up, you can also use AMD Overdrive (part of Catalyst Driver Suite) to lower the power consumption like this: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted August 19, 2013 whaaaat am i being toblix'd or is this just the beginning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted August 19, 2013 Caught in a landslide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted August 19, 2013 :tup: ... :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: I'm so close to breaking the code Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted August 19, 2013 The code was already cracked. You're just not looking hard enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted August 19, 2013 I'm disappointed that "Temperature" was not also changed, because that thermometer icon is pretty cocky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted August 20, 2013 Boy, toblix really cocked that one up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colourful Stuff Posted August 23, 2013 My laptop seems to be super hot and super broken. My current theory is that there is a goblin trying to cook a fry up on my CPU. It's a fancy Asus affair with a slightly outdated i7 and has been freezing quite alarmingly. It just locks up completely, usually within a few minutes to an hour of turning it on. I thought it was an overheating issue so took it apart and gave everything a clean, which fixed the problem for about a week. Now the problem has returned. The idle core temperatures are about 60 and they seem to get close to 100 before locking up (however this is difficult to prove as I've been unable to overheat it while CoreTemp is in sight. What would YOU do in this situation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted August 23, 2013 When this happened to me it turned out that the thermic paste between the cpu and the cooling element had decayed/crumbled. Replacing it with some 'arctic silver' fixed things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted August 23, 2013 Check the power pack as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colourful Stuff Posted August 23, 2013 Thanks thumbs. Thermal paste was my guess too however the prospect of unseating the CPU was too frightening. Come to think of it there was an odd white powder in the vents which looked pretty new. Looks like I'll have to bite the bullet. Maybe I'll find a home for the three disposed screws from last time I disassembled it. How would one 'check the power pack'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted August 23, 2013 Luckily in modern computers unseating heatsinks and the like is pretty trivial. White paste definitely points towards the budget thermal paste falling apart, probably due to some shocks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted August 23, 2013 Check it for fleas with a delousing comb. The fleas make it overheat. No but as Os says the thermal paste sounds like the culprit. A syringe of thermal paste should only cost about a £5er, less if the computer shop guy is really impressed with your knowledge of Arctic Silver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colourful Stuff Posted August 23, 2013 Premo paste ordered. Everything I've heard since about 2008 is there is nothing to fear. Intuitively it still feels like something that should be difficult. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted August 23, 2013 It's like Surgeon Simulator 2013 crossed with a 1950s Meccano set. You'll be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted August 23, 2013 It's like Surgeon Simulator 2013 crossed with a 1950s Meccano set. You'll be fine. Now I want a Surgeon Simulator mod where you have to fix computers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colourful Stuff Posted August 23, 2013 Now I want a Surgeon Simulator mod where you have to fix computers. That would be significantly more stressful! Instead of a blood loss meter for the patient there would be a blood loss meter for the player character which would deplete as they lacerated their hands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted August 26, 2013 I spent the past 2 weekends trying to get my desktop working again. After scrapping my RAID (for the 2nd time), I finally managed to get Windows 7 installed on it. It seems to work, except for the part where the graphics drivers keep screwing up and I can't see what I'm doing because the screen went black, then after a clean reinstall blue, then after another reinstall froze... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colourful Stuff Posted August 27, 2013 Hmmm... So I may have destroyed my graphics card or forgotten to plug the screen in. I decided to change the paste on both the GPU and CPU. The CPU was presumably a success as I was able to boot and log into Windows. The only fault I can identify is a complete lack of any visual output on the screen or HDMI. My current theories are that a) I bridged something on the GPU or I didn't plug the weird mushy cables in properly. My partner has banned me from working on it until tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites