Well I has a shocker of a incident today. My system froze and wouldnot bootup . no POST no nothing , later there was some noise in HDD, I was woried that this could be a major HDD issue .As I have 3 HDD's I codnot tell which one was the culprit. later decided to clean my CPU and fix all the loose cables.
I have a prescott processor so the temperature was veryhigh all the time.So my CPU used to be open all the time to make large amount of cool air comeinto the cabinet.
A look at the cabinet and I saw all the wires/cables were haywire
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/7488/dirtycaboe1.th.jpg
A close inspection of the processor heatsink revieled that the fins were totally blocked by dust .
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/9020/dirtycpufansh3.th.jpg
This was the major cause for the high processor temperature.
Now how the hell to get the dusy (dirt?) out!!
ANS: Good old "Cotton Swab"
First I thought of removing the heatsink and cleaning. but decided against it cause I didnt have any thermal paste on hand.
Just one swipe on the heatsink revieled the true color of the heatsink .. shocked again
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/2091/dirtycpufan2dx7.th.jpg
More swipe of the cotton swab and more dust came out. Finally I was p!ssed off looking at the dust accumulated on the heatsink
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/9003/dirtth0.th.jpg*img144.imageshack.us/img144/5607/cpudustkg3.th.jpg
the dust on my had was just half of it
Gave a good vaccume clean and dust was flying from all parts of the CPU.
Clean Heatsink
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/7506/cleancpu2po3.th.jpg*img144.imageshack.us/img144/3667/cleancpufangt9.th.jpg
Clean Cabinet
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/2978/cleancpurd1.th.jpg
Now for the test .. will my system boot ? Yes it did as if there was no problem at all
There was tremendous decrese in fan noise. Almost 80% reduction. Finally I can use my computer in quite environment
So my suggessition is that you clean your CPU atleast once in two months. High CPU temperature and noisy fan is the indication that your CPU needs cleaning
I hope others will not face these kind of situation.
I have a prescott processor so the temperature was veryhigh all the time.So my CPU used to be open all the time to make large amount of cool air comeinto the cabinet.
A look at the cabinet and I saw all the wires/cables were haywire
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/7488/dirtycaboe1.th.jpg
A close inspection of the processor heatsink revieled that the fins were totally blocked by dust .
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/9020/dirtycpufansh3.th.jpg
This was the major cause for the high processor temperature.
Now how the hell to get the dusy (dirt?) out!!
ANS: Good old "Cotton Swab"
First I thought of removing the heatsink and cleaning. but decided against it cause I didnt have any thermal paste on hand.
Just one swipe on the heatsink revieled the true color of the heatsink .. shocked again
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/2091/dirtycpufan2dx7.th.jpg
More swipe of the cotton swab and more dust came out. Finally I was p!ssed off looking at the dust accumulated on the heatsink
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/9003/dirtth0.th.jpg*img144.imageshack.us/img144/5607/cpudustkg3.th.jpg
the dust on my had was just half of it
Gave a good vaccume clean and dust was flying from all parts of the CPU.
Clean Heatsink
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/7506/cleancpu2po3.th.jpg*img144.imageshack.us/img144/3667/cleancpufangt9.th.jpg
Clean Cabinet
*img144.imageshack.us/img144/2978/cleancpurd1.th.jpg
Now for the test .. will my system boot ? Yes it did as if there was no problem at all
There was tremendous decrese in fan noise. Almost 80% reduction. Finally I can use my computer in quite environment
So my suggessition is that you clean your CPU atleast once in two months. High CPU temperature and noisy fan is the indication that your CPU needs cleaning
I hope others will not face these kind of situation.