On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 22:49 -0400, Chris Kurecka wrote: > As far as overheating goes, all the fans are still working, and there > are 3 other than the CPU fan. They don't seem terribly powerful > though; they all came with the kit I built it from. They don't, often, have to be. They only need sufficient movement of air. > I checked under the CPU fan for the paste, and it looks a bit > scratched. If you've pulled off the heatsink, you probably want to redo the paste properly. > I also am not sure how to verify that the power supply is working > properly. I know it's either 400 or 450W, and I don't have a ton of > add-ons to draw power (only one hard drive, one video card, integrated > audio, etc.). A simple test is to swap it. You mentioned having another PC. If the power supplies use the same connectors, you could try swapping them over and seeing if it makes any difference. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
