triforcemario Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Recently, I noticed my CPU was over-heating due to a lack of a clean-up (as in the inside of the computer was full of dust), and I removed the CPU fan to clean it up. When I put it back in (and plugged the electric cable back in as well), and I turned on my computer, it now refuses to go past the first few seconds of the Windows XP Boot screen. Although I did manage to log onto my account twice, it always went off after a couple of minutes. Before you comment, take the following into account: No cables are loose (I've checked them over countless times), it isn't the HDD (since I was able to log onto my account with no problems a couple of times), it isn't dust, the processor is definatly not loose (since the BIOS reconises it, and I also checked three times), and all the fans are definatly working (I had it on with the case open to make sure). However, it might be something to do with over-heating, since I've noticed an odd, almost sizzling-like sound (although there's definatly no burning, and the PC's components are never hot when the PC goes off). Any help would be massivly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Sizzling sound could have something to do with broken capacitors in the PSU. I didn't experience it myself but heard about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforcemario Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 It's been happening for a while now, although it only stopped working when I removed the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Did you re-apply thermal paste to the CPU Heatsink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforcemario Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Thermal paste? Now what could Dr. Mcphee mean by thermal paste? No-one's ever mentioned such a thing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Between cpus and fans/heatsinks there is a very thin layer of paste (sort of grey/white and sticky) that helps the heat leave the cpu. If you took your fan off it should be re-applied before you put the fan back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforcemario Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Okay, I've been out, and I got myself some Thermal Grease/Paste/Silicon/whatever, and it's now working perfectly again. Infinite thank-yous for everyone who helped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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