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An Internal Radiator
Oct. 22nd, 2011 04:05 pmSince ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
martini_tim, bigsabu, and I began talking online with Skype earlier this year (prior to their trip to NYC and Bear Week), my computer has been just turning off willy-nilly. We discovered along the way that my CPU was overheating - to temps of 200 degrees F and higher, at which point the computer - to save the CPU - just turns off. There's no blue screen or any warning screen; it just turns off. Today we purchased a no-maintenance, internal "radiator" or "air conditioner" for my CPU, which will arrive on Tuesday.
This morning, I tried taking off the side cover and pointing a Blizzard desk fan at the inside. So far, my machine hasn't turned off in the last two hours (I'm wincing as I type this), but there's no guarantee that when I put the side cover back on it, it won't overheat again without the internal radiator. For the i7 Quad Core processors like we have, this seems to be a common problem. I'm also running the 64-bit Window 7 OS, which is able to use all my 6GB of memory!! Yes, my Photoshop SCREAMS! :-) At least it screams until the whole machine shuts off. :-(
Thing is, there are already four fans in my chassis: One on the back, one on the side, one on top of the CPU, and one built into the video card. The little Blizzard blows into the back, as well! The first time we installed the fourth fan in the back, the temperature reduced to below 174 degrees F, which was acceptable. But now, with Picasa indexing my photos (including the 11.5K+ that we accumulated during our month in Europe, my CPU is working really hard. I've also noticed that when I have a website open displaying multiple adverts that the CPU cores are working much harder as well. If I keep the cores working at a low level across the board, the temp might not rise too high.
But, I cannot wait to install my new mini radiator for my computer. I'll post a review once it's been installed and working for about a month or so.
martini_tim, bigsabu, and I began talking online with Skype earlier this year (prior to their trip to NYC and Bear Week), my computer has been just turning off willy-nilly. We discovered along the way that my CPU was overheating - to temps of 200 degrees F and higher, at which point the computer - to save the CPU - just turns off. There's no blue screen or any warning screen; it just turns off. Today we purchased a no-maintenance, internal "radiator" or "air conditioner" for my CPU, which will arrive on Tuesday. This morning, I tried taking off the side cover and pointing a Blizzard desk fan at the inside. So far, my machine hasn't turned off in the last two hours (I'm wincing as I type this), but there's no guarantee that when I put the side cover back on it, it won't overheat again without the internal radiator. For the i7 Quad Core processors like we have, this seems to be a common problem. I'm also running the 64-bit Window 7 OS, which is able to use all my 6GB of memory!! Yes, my Photoshop SCREAMS! :-) At least it screams until the whole machine shuts off. :-(
Thing is, there are already four fans in my chassis: One on the back, one on the side, one on top of the CPU, and one built into the video card. The little Blizzard blows into the back, as well! The first time we installed the fourth fan in the back, the temperature reduced to below 174 degrees F, which was acceptable. But now, with Picasa indexing my photos (including the 11.5K+ that we accumulated during our month in Europe, my CPU is working really hard. I've also noticed that when I have a website open displaying multiple adverts that the CPU cores are working much harder as well. If I keep the cores working at a low level across the board, the temp might not rise too high.
But, I cannot wait to install my new mini radiator for my computer. I'll post a review once it's been installed and working for about a month or so.
