Freezing

[BBock727]

Having issues where my motherboard ASUS A8N SLI deluxe starts beeping and then the pc freezes. Sometimes when i reboot, it doesnt make it to the OS.

Can someone point me to a program that will show me all my temps at once? CPU, MOTHERBOARD, GPU, HARDDRIVES? Thanks

 

[Blain]

Speedfan will get you some.

Open the side of the case and place a house fan blowing in at high speed.
If you have the same problems, then your issues aren't heat related.
If the PC does fine, then you can begin to track down the culprit.

 

[Old Hippie]

ASUS A8N SLI deluxe starts beeping and then the pc freezes.

Those were the boards with the notorious chipset fans. Make sure yours is still runnning.

 

[0roo0roo]

touch test is enough. if the cpu fan is correctly installed it should only be warm.
its unlikely its overheating. drives, you can juts feel it as well. and yea make sure the chipset fan is working. is your psu borderline? is its fan working? or perhaps its getting borderline with age.

 

[Blain]

Remember though that the heatsink is a conductor of heat from the CPU to the air.
If the heatsink isn't making good contact with the CPU, it may actually feel cooler than it should.

That's because the heat isn't being routed off the CPU as well as it should be.
The CPU will be very hot but the heatsink coolish.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Award BIOS Beep Codes

Not sure if they apply after POST but might give you some ideas ...

 

[BBock727]

been there and done that w/ chipset fan, I installed passive cooling for it about 2years ago w/ a zalman. So speedfan is the only one?

 

[Coolone]

Originally posted by: BBock727
been there and done that w/ chipset fan, I installed passive cooling for it about 2years ago w/ a zalman. So speedfan is the only one?

No, it isn't, but I second the recommendation for it. I've had good experiences with it, and you can customize what temps are monitored, it's really a nice program. But as was mentioned earlier, crack open your case and get a house fan blowing inside. If it still freaks out, you've got another problem.

 

[grrl]

I've been having a similar problem with the non-SLI version of that board. It has been freezing on boot up - usually when warmed up - right before the OS begins. Normally there are no POST error codes, but I've gotten one for RAM and the video card on different occasions. However, all that hardware appears to be fine as are the temps (I replaced the chipset HS and fan the first day I had the board). Then, last week I swapped out the PSU and the problem has not returned since.