Got my new card.. and I am sad

by **CreepingCharlie** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:03 am

Ok I think I might understand what Mugzy said.

"He got a chance to put his PSU in. He went to take out his CPU fan so he could put some thermal paste on his CPU. He got his new PSU in but when he reached for the paste he could not find it. So now he is stuck on waiting to get thermal paste for his CPU."

Is that close Mugzy?

by **Weasel Meat** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:40 am

I have used a few cases where it was not possible to remove the power supply without taking the cpu fan off first.

by **Wesley** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:45 am

Just rub some dirt on it and get back out there.

P.S. I think you should still ban Allah since your rig wasn't running last night!

by **Mugzy** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:34 am

Yea, my huge ass cpu fan has to be removed before the psu can be taken out.

Once removed, you need more thermal gunk.

by **Bromsin** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:52 am

I agree with Wesley.... Allah deserves a ban

by **PraiseA||ah** » Fri May 26, 2006 11:42 am

You don't need very much thermal paste for a CPU... Unless you already wiped it off, you should be good to go. Thermal paste works best when applied sparingly.

by **Mugzy** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:02 pm

Well, since I thought I had paste, i thought a fresh coat would be good.

NOTE: if you plan to put new thermal paste on your heatsink, make sure you have some before cleaning the old stuff off!

by **WORHAMMER** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:41 pm

You dont need paste you just need some peanut butter creamy <no nuts>.

by **Bromsin** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:47 pm

I hear Creamsheese works well too.. Just make sure to let it sit at room temp for 30 min or so if its been in the fridge...

by **Mugzy** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:56 pm

Originally posted by WORHAMMER
You dont need paste you just need some peanut butter creamy <no nuts>.

Well.. At least the smoke from you dieing cpu would smell good

by **mjrhzrd** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:14 pm

My 2 Cents:
I had to get a new power supply for my current setup. my Antec 450 was not enough. Well it should have been, but my system kept crashing. My Neo2 Platinum AGP MB required a better power supply in that the +12V Rail needed a higher "guaranteed" rating. I bought a Mad Dog 500W PSU with a Guaranteed 12V rail of 30AMP. My system has had no problems since I installed this PSU whereas it was constantly rebooting in 3D games and I only had an ATI 9600XT.

As Wesley pointed out what counts is the 12V Rail. Many PSUs are not robust enough in that regard.

Look for a guaranteed 12 V rail rating otherwise it could be a crap shoot.

You may find more info on this issue on pc building or other tech sites.

Major Hazard.

by **WORHAMMER** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:20 pm

i go to my core center to ck 12v line and set it to12.05.Had a problem before and line volts were 11.35.new psu fixed it

by **amnion** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:37 pm

Just buy one of these: (I have one for my dual opeteron rig)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703002
I've never had a more stable computer, and powersupply is part of it

Cource you could buy new computer for the price of it...

by **Mugzy** » Sat May 27, 2006 3:26 pm

Woo! I am back up!

Guess it was the power supply.

Stuff runs much better now.

by **PraiseA||ah** » Sat May 27, 2006 3:33 pm

Whew.. that was a close one.. I could visualize the ban stick hitting.. and it wasn't a very good picture.

I'm glad you sorted out the issue.

Got my new card.. and I am sad

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