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. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
