Recent content by Remaha

Well, I'm guessing it kept giving up the ghost somewhere over 100C. I might give it a try just to see what it can do.

Remembering that my CPU was running at up to 98C earlier today, this is what's happening now: Happy (but slightly embarrassed) to say that all it needed was very good clean. There was acres of dust between the fins of the heatsink. I couldn't see it until I took my PC downstairs to a room...

Many thanks for your help. At least I know what the problem is now. I've never had much joy fixing heatsinks and fans on to previous PCs. :banghead:

I have been getting a lot of crashes on my PC recently. They mostly happen when I'm not actually doing anything. Naturally, I blamed Norton 360 at first as that tends to kick in at idle (or when I'm idle). Anyway, the problem still persisted, so I started looking at the possibility of...