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Re: [PLUG] Computer Problems
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On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 03:16 PM, Naresh Reddy wrote:
Paul,
How can I find out what kind of Mainboard I have? Where should I look to
see the manufacturer's name, and model? Is there a utility that will
detect my board's manufacture and its model?
You should be able to get this from the mobo itself (should have a
sticker somewhere, maybe near the BIOS chip).
I don't think its a heating
problem, because my system is been on for 2 days now (on the bios screen
showing the temperature of the cpu and the system, and it hasn't frozen
yet).
It may still be heat. When the computer starts chugging with some
CPU/memory/HDD intensive operation, you should expect the temperature to
rise. In one case I had several nodes on the cluster working fine for
weeks until someone decided to submit a CPU intensive job, and hours
after they would crash. In this case, it was faulty CPU fans...
Thanks
Naresh
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Naresh Reddy
nyg102@psu.edu
http://www.personal.psu.edu/nyg102
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On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Paul wrote:
What are acceptable temperature ranges for CPU's?
A BIOS update is usually done with a floppy disk. A utility is used
to flash
the new code into the BIOS chip. The updates, along with instructions,
should be available at the mo'bo's manufacturer's Web site.
Is the power supply fan working well?
If you suspect the hard drive, try a different drive. You could also
try
moving the drive to a different controller; either an add-on
controller or the
secondary interface on the mo'bo' (assuming IDE).
Naresh Reddy wrote:
To Solve the heat problem(s): I installed another case fan. The BIOS'
"Pc
Health" says my CPU's temperature is 116f, and system temperature is
95f
(this was when I just left the system running for 2 days straight,
with
the blue bios screen on display). I am going to try Guillermo Moyna's
idea
of the floppy drive. I may of installed messed up on the floppy drive
install. I will just take out the floppy drive and try out the
system. How
can I know if the HD is overheating, are there any symptoms? I don't
think
my system gets sluggish or anything. How can I upgrade my BIOS? Other
then
upgrading my Mainboard, are there any other suggestions?
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