Problem: my desktop system hangs. Question: what to do next

[John Moniz]

On 07/25/2012 11:19 AM, Mel Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 09:46 -0400, dbmacg-HLeSyJ3qPdM at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> About possible overtemp problem:
>> I have an AMD AM2 motherboard, with a dual-processor CPU. After a number
>> of system hangs, I toook a look inside the box, and found that the
>> heatsink/fan assembly was no longer held tightly to the CPU. It seems the
>> plastic heatsink-holder that went around the CPU was broken, and the
>> heatsink clip could no hold the assembly tightly to the CPU.
> Thanks.  (Did you post about this before?)  Following something I
> remembered from the list, I tried that.  Thought I would put in a little
> more heat-sink compound and see.  Broke a fastener before I learned how
> the fan/heatsink came off.  That's how the retailer got a second look.
> In this instance, the physical connection turned out to be pretty solid.
>
> The whole saga has been one d*mn thing after another.  Sometime I'll
> have to do an organized test to see whether uninstalling the Ubuntu One
> package means you'll never get past the login screen again.  Got a new
> hard drive for the re-install so that I wouldn't risk my existing data.
> In the shop saw obvious corrosion on filter caps on the existing
> motherboard, so got a new motherboard along with the new disk, and
> replaced the power supply, which was quite a few years old.
>
> William Park suggests power troubles -- should I cook up something with
> an Arduino or some comparators and a DSO?  I suppose that could be done.
>
> 	Mel.
Have you checked that the motherboard isn't shorting on anything?


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