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cpu freezes after on for a while.

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  1. fgreco

    fgreco Member

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    My computer has been freezing I have no viruses. I have to make the computer go into sleep mode or else the computer would freez if on all the time it is a hewlitt packard pavillion desktop and it is new . I dont understand.
     
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    i reakon its a heat problem
     
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    what is the usual time period till freeze up. check that the cpu fan is spinning correctly & see what the cpu temp is
     
  4. fgreco

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    I see that everything is spinning but I have no idea how to take the temp of the cpu It doesnt seem that hot at all. obviosly it must be a heat problem because I can not have it on the whole day without it freezing unless I put it in sleep mode. the fans are working. I dont understand. Yeah I just doubled checked the fans and all are working. There are 2 in the computer and one in the power supply and they are working.
     
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    get into the bios to see if there is a hardware monitor to show cpu temperature
     
  6. fgreco

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    ok I did that and it said 66 degrees celcious and 150 degrees farrinheight. sorry for my spelling.
     
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    what does hardware monitor say about fan speed. what is your system specs??
     
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    cpu fan speed: 2678-2766 RPM (It fluctuates).
    system fan speed: 1360 RPM it also fluctuates.

    They both fluctuat but, not much.
     
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    are you a p4 or an amd what?? how many fans in system? is the cpu heatsink flat onto the cpu & in the right way if amd
     
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    It is an amd it has 2 fans and one in the power supply.

    I dont know what you mean when you say "is the cpu heatsink flat onto the cpu & in the right way if amd ". The fans are not on the mother board that I can tell you. IF you can explain that in lamen terms I will tell you . Thanks for all your help.
     
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    is the cpu on a card that fits into a slot or is cpu sitting on a square socket with a lever arm on 1 side. what is the speed of your cpu
     
  12. fgreco

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    well it is an amd athlon 3200+ with 2.20 gigahertz. The mother board is standing straitgh up when I open the computer. The cpu doesnt seem like it is connexted to a slot .Sorry I couldnt give you more info. iam just an end user
     
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    is there a big heatsink with a fan on your motherboard?
     
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    no not that I know of. The fan isnt on the mother board it is attached to the side of the case. blowing on the mother board. sorry if this isnt enough info.
     
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    is there a big heat sink on the motherboard about 6x6x4cm in size
     
  16. jaydeeX3

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    there should be a heatsink on the motherboard, pretty much right in front of the processor for the motherboard.......
     
  17. sasha1303

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    lol , no heatsink or fan on CPU. fgreco did u buy the CPU that came with a Big Thing with as fan on it , or just the chip itself?
     
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    I didnt buy anything. I whent to best buy and bought the computer as is I didnt place a chip on the mother board or any place for that matter. Iam sorry I just dont understand what your asking sorry.
     
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    which hp pavillion do you have so can check product info at hp site as there is a possible problem if no heatsink & fan on cpu
     
  20. jaydeeX3

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    this problem is one of two things:
    1. your PC has viruses
    2. The fan on the CPU stops running

    these should be the only two problems that should cause this 9 out of 10 times....
     

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