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Old 14-03-2007, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnH View Post
CPU overheating?

This seems to fit the bill, you get random flakiness at intervals depending on how hard you work the CPU. What could be happening is this: computer turns on, computer heats up, CPU heats up past safe operating levels, computer reboots, CPU cools down a bit...

Solution: Check your motherboard's manufacturer's website for tools/utilities to help keep CPU temp in a safe range and AMD's support page for ideas. If this does not lead anywhere consider getting a better heatsink and/or fan. Cheap test for this is to run with the case off and a domestic fan blowing on the motherboard....
I second that, typical symptom of a CPU overheating. Arctic Silver is the heat transfer paste of choice to ensure a good thermal bond from the CPU to the heat sink.
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