Helixeagle
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I've looked around the forum and cannot find an answer, the thing is my problem isn't, well, normal....
For years ive had my pc, and i mean YEARS and not a problem that i couldnt fix but now im just confused, i have:
AMD Athlon 2000+... this is an old processor and to make it worse its not an AMD xp or 64 its commanly an AMD Athlon and at load up the computer doesnt reconise it it says AMD Athlon Unknown...
1280MB of RAM 2x 512 and 1x 256
ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 256MB
Theres my basic computer, my PSU is a 360 Watt and i have Fans to cool down the case, 3 big fans... now for the problem (sorry for delay)
Years ago my CPU was fine but i thought it would be cool to check the temp with Mother board monitor, a freeware thing i found, and it showed my CPU at 75 - 80C! i thought this couldnt possibly be right, i had no problems with freezing or resetting before or even at the time so i thought nothing of it and continued using my pc...
Years later with STILL no problems i go and buy a game called Guild Wars and i play it fine then one day it freezes, i have to restart no quit to desktop or anything a restart which is not usual for me, i continue to play the game for 5 mins then again, restart needed... hmmm... somethings not right.
none stop freezeing in the game so i suspect overheating, i contact support at guild wars and they reply with it sounds like an overheating issue... ok tell me something i dont know, so i check the temp through MBM again and its 75 - 80C constantly, again this cant be right... can it?
I decide to test this by cleaning out the dust from EVERYWHERE, reapplying thermal paste and putting a house fan near the open case, the MBM now says 60C which is still way to high to be normal right? well i thought it was cause my CPU is old, im not too sure.
Right theres my basic story and heres the reason its so odd, my computer runs fine, no problems, no freezing, no jerking, blue screens, or restarting, showning me that maybe the temp gauge is wrong? but this game Guild Wars is the only game to freeze on me, every other game runs fine, even on full graphics! i play games like Doom 3, Half-life 2, F.E.A.R.. etc.
Could someone possibly give me an explanation to whats going on? its not a comman overheating issue, my pc is stable even through these temperatures its all down to guild wars freezing, cleaning out my heatsink, fan and CPU has cooled it down but only by 10C... currently still running at 60C and when strained with tasks runs at 70C
I hope this is descriptive enough description of whats happening, please help, i plan on getting a new CPU within the month anyway but im really out of things to do...
Thanks - Mike
For years ive had my pc, and i mean YEARS and not a problem that i couldnt fix but now im just confused, i have:
AMD Athlon 2000+... this is an old processor and to make it worse its not an AMD xp or 64 its commanly an AMD Athlon and at load up the computer doesnt reconise it it says AMD Athlon Unknown...
1280MB of RAM 2x 512 and 1x 256
ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 256MB
Theres my basic computer, my PSU is a 360 Watt and i have Fans to cool down the case, 3 big fans... now for the problem (sorry for delay)
Years ago my CPU was fine but i thought it would be cool to check the temp with Mother board monitor, a freeware thing i found, and it showed my CPU at 75 - 80C! i thought this couldnt possibly be right, i had no problems with freezing or resetting before or even at the time so i thought nothing of it and continued using my pc...
Years later with STILL no problems i go and buy a game called Guild Wars and i play it fine then one day it freezes, i have to restart no quit to desktop or anything a restart which is not usual for me, i continue to play the game for 5 mins then again, restart needed... hmmm... somethings not right.
none stop freezeing in the game so i suspect overheating, i contact support at guild wars and they reply with it sounds like an overheating issue... ok tell me something i dont know, so i check the temp through MBM again and its 75 - 80C constantly, again this cant be right... can it?
I decide to test this by cleaning out the dust from EVERYWHERE, reapplying thermal paste and putting a house fan near the open case, the MBM now says 60C which is still way to high to be normal right? well i thought it was cause my CPU is old, im not too sure.
Right theres my basic story and heres the reason its so odd, my computer runs fine, no problems, no freezing, no jerking, blue screens, or restarting, showning me that maybe the temp gauge is wrong? but this game Guild Wars is the only game to freeze on me, every other game runs fine, even on full graphics! i play games like Doom 3, Half-life 2, F.E.A.R.. etc.
Could someone possibly give me an explanation to whats going on? its not a comman overheating issue, my pc is stable even through these temperatures its all down to guild wars freezing, cleaning out my heatsink, fan and CPU has cooled it down but only by 10C... currently still running at 60C and when strained with tasks runs at 70C
I hope this is descriptive enough description of whats happening, please help, i plan on getting a new CPU within the month anyway but im really out of things to do...
Thanks - Mike