Macromedia Flash Overheats My Box! What Gives!

[Minotaar]

Here is a link to a lot of really funny flash movies. I really enjoy them - especially Happy Tree Friends.

http://web.dkm.cz/koplih/

While watching these movies (FOOKING addictive) my computer overheated. I have a dual MP 1900+, with 5 case fans. everything appears to be running within spec according to my thermistors, but there was a very weird, uncomfortable plasticy smell.

a) The machine has been up for thousands of hours.
b) I play hours of quake/warcraft on it daily.
c) I run hardcore research code on it that really stresses the CPU
d) The system until now has demonstrated admirable stability.
e) when running flash, neither CPU is being maxed out.
f) turning off the box and letting it cool off returns it to stability, unless I keep watching flash.
g) watching too much eventually causes the box to be even unable to boot, and even unstable in bios setup, unless I turn it off for a while and let it cool off
h) nothing according to cpu mobo temps and such say anything is too hot, but this is clearly a temp issue.

Some of you guys have better temp monitoring systems than me can you see if you get anything funky? These are some great flash animations, and I would invite you to watch them independantly of giving me advice on this cooling issue - but if you watch them, let me know if you had any weird temps. Maybe it was my FSB overheating? I cant tell. Flash stresses some VERY out of the ordinary component on my box, and overheats it.

 

[NokiaDude]

Originally posted by: Minotaar
Here is a link to a lot of really funny flash movies. I really enjoy them - especially Happy Tree Friends.

http://web.dkm.cz/koplih/

While watching these movies (FOOKING addictive) my computer overheated. I have a dual MP 1900+, with 5 case fans. everything appears to be running within spec according to my thermistors, but there was a very weird, uncomfortable plasticy smell.

a) The machine has been up for thousands of hours.
b) I play hours of quake/warcraft on it daily.
c) I run hardcore research code on it that really stresses the CPU
d) The system until now has demonstrated admirable stability.
e) when running flash, neither CPU is being maxed out.
f) turning off the box and letting it cool off returns it to stability, unless I keep watching flash.
g) watching too much eventually causes the box to be even unable to boot, and even unstable in bios setup, unless I turn it off for a while and let it cool off
h) nothing according to cpu mobo temps and such say anything is too hot, but this is clearly a temp issue.

Some of you guys have better temp monitoring systems than me can you see if you get anything funky? These are some great flash animations, and I would invite you to watch them independantly of giving me advice on this cooling issue - but if you watch them, let me know if you had any weird temps. Maybe it was my FSB overheating? I cant tell. Flash stresses some VERY out of the ordinary component on my box, and overheats it.

BUHWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!


That was sooooooo funny!!! I laughed my guts out!!!


But I noticed that it was only using 15-25% CPU time, you must have a HOT room. I'm running an 1.33Ghz T-Bird. With ONE case fan.

 

[Minotaar]

No dude - the room is quite cold. Im totally fooking baffled.

the thing most out of the ordinary is the weird ass burning plastic smell that I think is coming from my power supply. you ever have a power supply fail like that? Mine's an antec - I thought antec power supplies were good!

sigh. I hate power related issues. I might be realizing now that I have a crappy power strip.

 

[NokiaDude]

Could you look around your case and make sure the fans are moving and also look at the CPU sockets, check to make sure the heatsink is not riding up onto the raised portion of the socket. Also open up the PSU, see if there's any melted components and if there's anything in there, like . . . a snake!

 

[Minotaar]

I dont know how to open the PSU - it seems permanantly sealed. I'd have to drill out the screw things that cant be screwed out.

All fans are functional, and all heatsinks are correctly positioned. I have reseated and reapplied thermal paste for good measure.

the scary bit is that now it doesnt even boot or post. everything spins up, but it doesnt send video signal.

Another ominous bit is that the keyboard caps/num/scroll-lock lights light up when I flip the power strip switch - before I press the powerr button.

 

[NokiaDude]

. . . . dude . . . you killed your CPUs!!! This is the EXACT sam thing that happened to a CPU I bought from a guy from FS/FT. He re-applied his heatsink and when he powered up his system it was dead! Of course it was an O/C gone wrong. The chip wasn't dead, the bridges were filled with this hard goop! Go out and buy a new PSU on Monday.

 

[Minotaar]

Dude oh my god! four of the power socket pins (PSU connector to mobo) were melted into the socket!!!! I d*mned well nearly pulled the whole socket off while trying to disconnect the PSU!! OMFG!!!


AARARRRGH think theres a chance in hell the motherboard survived? I gotta clean melted PSU-plug plastic from out of the socket...

 

[Confused]

I had this happen with my Enermax 350W PSU (£60 PSU too), browned out about 4 of the pins on the ATX connector. I didn't use the PSU again, but the motherboard (ECS K7S5A) is now in my server, with a no-name 250W PSU, and it's been running Seventeen or Bust (see sig), game servers (CS and BF1942), web server, and many other things for 20 days straight without a reboot, it was only rebooted 20 days ago when my cable connection died!


Confused

 

[AtomicDude512]

Whew. At least it wasnt the CPU's. But a new mobo and PS will cost a lot. Too bad there is no guarantee on the Dual-CPU nForceFX chipset yet...:frown: