06-19-2006, 05:54 AM
Quote:It is acting the way machines do when the CPU overheats. If you haven't accidently bumped the heat sink off, then you could check to insure that it is still firmly seated, heat sink is not clogged with dust, and the fan is cooling it.
I had checked the heatsink and fan before posting and they seemed fine. Since you brought it up I went ahead and took the fan and heatsink off, reseated the processor, then reattached the heatsink and fan. I don't have any thermal paste to add to it, but there looked to be some there from when it was first attached. It does feel like how a machine acts when it overheats, but I just don't see how it could be what with the case being off and it not doing anything other than booting. I think I've resigned myself to getting a new MB/CPU. Now I just have to decide if this is right for me or if I should keep looking. I figure $100 is around what I can swing.