I just installed new hardware and also windows 7- note i was on xp before and win 7 is a fresh install moving to 64 bit with my new fx8320 processor.
Now there are so many factors involved its hard to narrow down what the issue could be since i have upgraded ram, OS, mobo, new hard drive, and new graphics card, oh and i bought a new dvd drive today since i had to get the drivers for network off it.
I will try and provide short notes of what ive done-
-Last night installed hardware, installed win 7, played around on comp for 30 mins or so, no crashes then turned it off myself thinking everything is good.
-This morning bought dvd drive and installed. Also cos temps were idling in mid 40s thought artic sivler thermal paste might be better then stock stuff so changed that. -here begin my problems.
-After I put thermal paste on booted up and a few seconds after in win computer 'clicks' and turns itself off. -Im now terrified of what ive done cursing myself for not being happy with stock paste.
-When I look under heatsink see ive WAYYYYY overdone it on paste and its dripping down the sides of the cpu!!!! I figure Ive quite potentially just screwed my cpu if the arctic silver is causing conduction and short circuiting.
-now here I am unsure because i dont know whether it was just fluke that the computer didnt crash last night and the problem was there but jsut latent if it was related to me changing the paste.
So I took the cpu out and slowly and very carefully cleaned everything off. One thing tho is while wiping i got some TINY amounts which have gone over and rubbed a little between the pins. Can this cause damage? They werent there before and my rubbing did it, but it hasnt made things any worse so far...Im only tlaking miniscule amounts but probably enough to cause a current from one pin to another :( well i just read up that arctic silver apparently doesnt conduct electricity so hopefully im ok there.
Anyhow i reapply a more reasonable amount and boot back up and same deal :(.
By the way I dont think its an overheating issue either because ive been carefully monitoring temps in bios and they were still in the 30s after i boot back up as fast as i can after a crash. Also ive done some other tests below.
So Im still thinking my cpu might be screwed until I run some more tests which maybe makes me think otherwise. I can stay in the BIOS no probs and no crashing. Im not too sure about anything else but I think ive run a cpl of other boot disks which arent windows and no crash such as pebuilder based macruim boot cd.
Also I have been able to get into windows 7 safe mode no probs which is how im typing this. Also to test my cpu I ran a 'heavy load' program to stress the cpu to test it out properly. I left it on for around 15-20 mins with all cores at 100% and didnt crash or show any issues. So that was kind of reassuring. Also when i immediately reset to bios the temps showed 57 i think.
The problem happens as soon as I go into win 7 normal mode within about 30 seconds itll just click and shut off.
At the moment I also havent been able to reinstall or indeed run another windows install. I tried to run my win xp disk but at the end of loading it comes up with an error message saying it cant continue cos of some hardware issue. That has me worried again that its hardware based.
Im confused tho since weirdly win7 safe mode seems very solid.
Also I dont know how to reinstall win 7 because for some reason the boot usb wont work. now i have a windows installed on hard drive, i have usb as 1st boot but regardless it ignores it and goes to the windows boot. I cant format this one as i had thought to with win xp cos i couldnt get in and if i unplug it i cant get past post and obv coulnt boot win 7 even in setup.
Ive also tried removing all the other things and re-adding them one by one and each time its still giving this shutdown.
So what should i do now?
I guess make some other non windows bootdisk so I can format the windows 7 and try again. What should i do if windows 7 is still screwing up after reinstall which im quite suspect it will?
Also why isnt my fan running at higher speeds? I have the fx8320 with stock fan and even when i turned off the cool n quiet it wont go past 3200 yet its happy to let the cpu ramp up to the 50 degree ranges. I thought that the stock fan should run up to 6k?
Now there are so many factors involved its hard to narrow down what the issue could be since i have upgraded ram, OS, mobo, new hard drive, and new graphics card, oh and i bought a new dvd drive today since i had to get the drivers for network off it.
I will try and provide short notes of what ive done-
-Last night installed hardware, installed win 7, played around on comp for 30 mins or so, no crashes then turned it off myself thinking everything is good.
-This morning bought dvd drive and installed. Also cos temps were idling in mid 40s thought artic sivler thermal paste might be better then stock stuff so changed that. -here begin my problems.
-After I put thermal paste on booted up and a few seconds after in win computer 'clicks' and turns itself off. -Im now terrified of what ive done cursing myself for not being happy with stock paste.
-When I look under heatsink see ive WAYYYYY overdone it on paste and its dripping down the sides of the cpu!!!! I figure Ive quite potentially just screwed my cpu if the arctic silver is causing conduction and short circuiting.
-now here I am unsure because i dont know whether it was just fluke that the computer didnt crash last night and the problem was there but jsut latent if it was related to me changing the paste.
So I took the cpu out and slowly and very carefully cleaned everything off. One thing tho is while wiping i got some TINY amounts which have gone over and rubbed a little between the pins. Can this cause damage? They werent there before and my rubbing did it, but it hasnt made things any worse so far...Im only tlaking miniscule amounts but probably enough to cause a current from one pin to another :( well i just read up that arctic silver apparently doesnt conduct electricity so hopefully im ok there.
Anyhow i reapply a more reasonable amount and boot back up and same deal :(.
By the way I dont think its an overheating issue either because ive been carefully monitoring temps in bios and they were still in the 30s after i boot back up as fast as i can after a crash. Also ive done some other tests below.
So Im still thinking my cpu might be screwed until I run some more tests which maybe makes me think otherwise. I can stay in the BIOS no probs and no crashing. Im not too sure about anything else but I think ive run a cpl of other boot disks which arent windows and no crash such as pebuilder based macruim boot cd.
Also I have been able to get into windows 7 safe mode no probs which is how im typing this. Also to test my cpu I ran a 'heavy load' program to stress the cpu to test it out properly. I left it on for around 15-20 mins with all cores at 100% and didnt crash or show any issues. So that was kind of reassuring. Also when i immediately reset to bios the temps showed 57 i think.
The problem happens as soon as I go into win 7 normal mode within about 30 seconds itll just click and shut off.
At the moment I also havent been able to reinstall or indeed run another windows install. I tried to run my win xp disk but at the end of loading it comes up with an error message saying it cant continue cos of some hardware issue. That has me worried again that its hardware based.
Im confused tho since weirdly win7 safe mode seems very solid.
Also I dont know how to reinstall win 7 because for some reason the boot usb wont work. now i have a windows installed on hard drive, i have usb as 1st boot but regardless it ignores it and goes to the windows boot. I cant format this one as i had thought to with win xp cos i couldnt get in and if i unplug it i cant get past post and obv coulnt boot win 7 even in setup.
Ive also tried removing all the other things and re-adding them one by one and each time its still giving this shutdown.
So what should i do now?
I guess make some other non windows bootdisk so I can format the windows 7 and try again. What should i do if windows 7 is still screwing up after reinstall which im quite suspect it will?
Also why isnt my fan running at higher speeds? I have the fx8320 with stock fan and even when i turned off the cool n quiet it wont go past 3200 yet its happy to let the cpu ramp up to the 50 degree ranges. I thought that the stock fan should run up to 6k?