cooling

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this, though this one seems to be the closest to a general-hardware forum on this site. A couple of months back, I was having an issue with my CPU heatsink/fan not spinning at the correct speed. Upon examination, it was fairly clear the fan itself...

Hello and thank you for viewing my first post on windows7forums. I came across here previously but never signed up until because I have just given up all hope on trying to fix my BSOD(s) that i've been experiencing and figured someone here would hopefully help me out. I just recently...

Hello guys. I'm kinda needing help with my issue. when i play certain games anywhere between 10 and 30 minutes my computer will just restart... no bosd (i took off the auto restart) and still restarts like if it lost power. I have replaced video card, ram, cpu fan, case, I have also tried...

We keep getting "AMD Drivers have stopped working but, have recovered" error message every time we play the MMO perfect world. What happens is he takes a few steps with his character and it goes to a (insert lined color screen). This has happened a couple of times well the computer was idle...

I just built this puppy... and it's not performing the way I want it to. Intel i5 2500k (downclocked to 2.5GHz until I get some better fans for the heatsink and case intake) everything else is default: Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg Basically, if I move my Logitech G9 around (a few...

Afer looking at System Information, Device Manager, reading my invoice and User's manual I still don't know some things about my notebook. Where should I look to find out about: CPU Cooling, Idel temp, and Load temp System memory clocking Power Supply Ken

Please let me know where in Windows 7 I need to go to adjust the CPU fan speed? The NZXT Sentry 2 touch screen fan control adjusts the other fans but doesn't work on the CPU fan. My wife has to wear ear muffs to work on this computer because of the sound from this fan and that's mighty...

I recently built i new pc for myself and after two or three weeks it started randomly shutting down while gaming. So i went into the event viewer and i got this error "6008 The system shutdown at *** on **** was unexpected. Link Removed Specs: Motherboard: Asrock z68 Extreme4 CPU- Intel i5 Sandy...

I made this mistake on Christmas 2011, i could smell it in 2012. Luckily, i found it and my GTX550Ti runs great. The fan on it cools the card and my foot when it is beside the computer! Link Removed LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey all, About two weeks ago my computer began behaving erratically while playing World of Warcraft and SW: Old Republic games where the games would crash to desktop, or where my computer would randomly reboot while in the middle of playing. Then this began to happen when not in the games and...

Hi all. I can't work out what is causing the BSOD. I've overclocked most of my components and they are all appropriately cooled. Not sure if this is a software issue or not. Can anyone analyse for me? Link Removed

I have begun experiencing random shutdown with my system. I recently re-built my first build adding an SSD, new motherboard, graphics card and memory. here is the system configuration: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Intel Core i7 2600K Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 16.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 GeForce GTX 560 Ti...

Hi, Not sure if this is quite the right sub-forum, but none of the others quite fit the bill either. Anyway, I had great success with this forum (and Elmer in particular) in diagnosing and helping to fix the problem with my desktop. I'm now going for the double whammy and hoping for similar...

I installed the componenets on this new system on 1st feb. I have been getting BSOD every 4 hours or so. I have tried the following: 1. Put in a different graphics card. 2. Put in a better CPU cooler. 3. Tried 3 different versions of the graphics card driver. The brief description of my...

I have a plain 80mm fan with MOLEX connector (And an extender) and a motherboard with 3-Pin connector. The two don't connect. What am I missing aside from a brain?

Hello, I have built quite a few computers in my life, but tend to stick to a cookie cutter layout with AMD AM2 / 3 / 3+ based systems. I have NEVER had a bsod from anything other than an occasional finicky program. So I hear about this new AMD APU, and it just sounds awesome. Maybe I shopped...

Hello everyone i have been getting random bsod only during playing BF3 everything driver is up to date please help SPEC AMD || x4 965 M4A785T-M Kingston PC3- 10700- (667 MHz) 8GB Radeon HD 5770 1GB Corsair Force GT 120 GB Seagate 1TB Sliver Stone 600W Corsair H50 Link Removed

I have a new HP dv6 laptop. The operating system is windows 7, 64 bit. I've had it less than a week. The power option I have set on it (default) calls for the system to go into the sleep mode after 20 minutes(closing the lid). I don't even see any option available to select that would shut the...

Hello everybody, I'm expiriencing BSOD while playing Battlefield 3 for the past couple of weeks. Every other game runs normally except BF. I overlocked my CPU a few months ago and everything was fine. Even then I was playing BF3 without any crashes. Now its impossible to play without having...

KAR Energy Software is a freeware app for Windows which lets you to reduce the consumption while using the desktop or laptop. PC is one of the power consuming devices if not optimized for best usage. This tool automatically starts with Windows start up and optimizes the PC for power...