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Solve : possible video card or ram issue? |
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Answer» Well, when i bought my computer, it had insufficient cooling. The temperatures in there were easily over 130. It handled ok though. But the heat took its toll. My POWERSUPPLY died of all things. And im pretty sure it did damage to a few other things. My computer now does a constant cpu spike .. if anything is on the screen. Such as a webpage .. or a screen saver. Even as im typing this it sometimes locks up for a sec .. and the usage jumps to 78. It does this on the constant. I believe its either a video card or a ram issue. If i just have the usage meter up and nothing on the screen, it doesnt spike. But in this picture below, i had a webpage up. not doing anything .. just pulled up. Please help me this is really pissing me off. I don't have any virus's or trojans or any of that spyware garbage. I've been working with computers long enough to kno how to avoid that. Plus i have a good anti-virus program. Famous last words! Quote The heat also killed my onboard ethernet for my motherboard. Another fried peice of hardware in my computer. If it's heat that's caused this and it's taken out a motherboard component, expect to have to replace the motherboard.yea but the thing is after i put in a nic card .. and didnt use the onboard. the computer ran fine. Now why would the computer cpu usage spike only when something thats being displayed is up. if its just the desktop its fine. no spiking. which leads me to the video card. its a geforce 5600 but i wouldnt be surprised if a year of 130 degrees killed it. But then i dont really kno symptoms of ram. I thought it either works or doesnt. That's why im on this forumI have the exact same problem. It has a really crapy fan system i think cuz it gets really LOUD. And it spikes alot like what yours does.Open up the side case and leave it like that. (If your room aint dusty, otherwise this would make it worse) No its in a closed desk thats only open at the back. But would that really be causing it to spike?@kevy508: The idea is to get some cold air into the case, PARTICULARLY around any areas that you may suspect, as a method of testing whether or not it's a heat issue. @mchesna If an onboard component was damaged, particularly a NIC component (As it's usually contained within a controller chipset that's responsible for many other functions), then the likelihood is that other symptoms will arise as a result of that damage. I hope for your sake that I'm wrong, but be prepared for the worst. |
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