Recent content by elchudi

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    dying cpu?

    At last! I`ve finally tried the cpu and the mobo, and it was the mobo that was giving me issues. I had to buy a new one (a cheaper one M2N4-SLI ) and now I´m happy again. I`ll send the old one to repair, and if they tell me what was wrong i will post it. Thank you all for the support and see...
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    dying cpu?

    sorry if i did not make my self clear. The pc was ok until a week ago, when started to freeze with no aparent reason (no reboot, no bsod) on linux, windows, post, sometimes even before the 1 short beep of the post(the one that says that everything is ok) and besides it never gave me a diferent...
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    dying cpu?

    still struggling with the fraking machine. i`ve tried another psu (just in case) and it did the same as before. In the bios i turned off all that i could (lan, audio, etc), and still the same. It has to be the cpu or the mobo, I will try the cpu on other mobo, but not until saturday or sunday...
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    dying cpu?

    thanks for the help that you are giving me. I`ve buy thermal paste and mounted again the hsf, cleaned the dust bunnies(not much to clean), and i did find a ladybug dead on the mobo, but i couldn`t tell if it died of natural causes or by an electroshock :P (because i lost it in the cleaning...
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    dying cpu?

    I`ve checked and no leaking/bulging capacitors on the mobo, and i have a 550w power supply.... i will buy thermal paste and will place again the hsf. I`ve also checked the gpu, and memory on other machine and they are ok, but i don´t have another mobo to test the cpu. Will let you know if i...
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    dying cpu?

    hello all(first timer here), and tnx in advance for any tip that you could give me. I have a mobo : asus m2n-e cpu: amd x2 3800+ memory: kingston 1gb 667 gpu: 7600 gt disk: wd 250gb sata 2 and i`ve run this rig ok for the last year, but 5 days ago started to freeze (no reboot, no BSOD...