On 07/06/2015 03:40 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 06/28/2015 05:54 PM, jd1008 wrote:
Final update after installing latest BIOS version 49 from HP.
While logged into win 7, 2 minutes later, and the machine still cold,
it crashed!
And this happened 3 times.
The place I am at is a very cold cafe.
Even though outside temp is in the 90's,
here at the cafe, it is about 71 (thermostat).
So, not sure anymore it is the heat that is causing
both Fedora and win7 to crash or freeze.
I think the cpu is/has been hopelessly damaged
when the owner who sent it to me did not realize that
the fan was dead and that is why it was isuing the warning
and shutting down. Subsequent boots did not even issue
any warnings. It would just freeze or crash.
So, I had replaced the fan, and re-greased the cpu and heat sink's
surfaces, and cleaned the vent and vanes of the heat sink,
it continued to crash and freeze.
So I think the CPU needs to be replaced.
I found an inexpensive brand new replacement cpu for
exactly same socket as the current one.
Thanks for all of the respondents' helpful hints and links.
Cheers,
JD
Spoke too sone re: "Final".
The replacement cpu arrived this morning.
Carefully removed old one, and installed new one,
applied arctic silver grease, buttoned it up (took me more than 2 hours
as I wanted to be sure EVERY cable and wire was snuggly in it's socket,
all the screws back in. No extra screws left outside :) :)
Powered up.
Lights came on.
Fan started at high speed - and about 20 to 30 seconds later it slowed
down to normal speed, HD clicked during disk initialization, the CD
drived
clicked (probably bios looking for bootable media - since it is first
in boot sequence.
Waited .... waited ..... waited..... Nothing.
Screen blank!!!
Opened it again and checked the video cable.
Snugly in place.
Check all cables!
Every single one was snugly in place.
Rebooted.
No video.
Next step: replace new cpu with old one and see if it is actually
a video issue.
So, I took out the new cpu, and put back in the old cpu.
Fedora booted just fine - All is working - but of course,
it still freezes or panics after a few minutes (2 - 5 minutes).
So, I contacted the Ebay seller
<http://www.ebay.com/usr/rakicomputers?_trksid=p2047675.l2559>rakicomputers
and reported the issue.
The seller first told me something wrong with my laptop.
So I replied that the old cpu still boots just fine - until it gets too hot
and the it freezes or crashes.
The seller did not respond.
"g" had replied once that I should find a reputable seller.
Well, this seller seemed to have a high rating on ebay.
S/he is a gold ribbon Top Rated Plus seller, with 99.9% satisfaction.
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