- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
PC question
Posted on 3/15/14 at 11:06 am
Posted on 3/15/14 at 11:06 am
My gaming desktop has been turning itself off the last few days. I thought it might be a power supply problem since when I put ramp up the cpu load, it shuts itself off. I ordered a new power supply and just put it in and about 2 minutes later, back off.
When I went in to replace the power supply, I noticed a little bit of goo on a heatsink below my cpu/heatsink and my heatsink was a little loose. I have either the Corsair H55 or the H70 heatsink set. Would thermal paste melt and drip out from behind the heatsink if it were a little loose and would this cause the computer to just shut itself off?
When I went in to replace the power supply, I noticed a little bit of goo on a heatsink below my cpu/heatsink and my heatsink was a little loose. I have either the Corsair H55 or the H70 heatsink set. Would thermal paste melt and drip out from behind the heatsink if it were a little loose and would this cause the computer to just shut itself off?
1
Posted on 3/15/14 at 12:00 pm to Warfarer
Thermal paste generally doesn't melt over time. It hardens. And if you've got it dripping out from between your heatsink and CPU, you've got a problem. You either applied way too much, or you didn't seat your block properly (or both). Pretty likely your computer is shutting off because your CPU is overheating. Make sure the pump and fan are working as well.
Posted on 3/15/14 at 12:12 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:
Thermal paste generally doesn't melt over time. It hardens. And if you've got it dripping out from between your heatsink and CPU, you've got a problem. You either applied way too much, or you didn't seat your block properly (or both). Pretty likely your computer is shutting off because your CPU is overheating. Make sure the pump and fan are working as well.
Ijust pulled the whole H70 out and installed the stock heatsink/fan that came with the cpu. Going to see if that takes care of it, if it does I will just order another H70 next week and install when it gets in. I am leaning to the head of the H70 finally starting to leak after about 4 years of hard use.
Posted on 3/15/14 at 1:28 pm to Warfarer
Installed the stock heatsink and it has been running stable for the last hour or two at 100% cpu. The h70 head looks like it started leaking a little right around the end of it and probably wasn't working anymore. Lucky it didn't short anything else inside my case.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News