[Drumfreakx]

Yeah I had reset it back to the way it originally was.

I wanted to try and install a game today but now I'm a little nervous to play one. I know my temps will skyrocket.

[Slaymate]

Have you tried cleaning the old paste off of the cpu and heatsink and then applying some new paste? And while the heatsink is off blowing it out?

[Drumfreakx]

No I havn't tried that yet. The paste is about a week old. This is a brand new rig.

[Slaymate]

Hmmm, I would still remove the heatsink. You should be able to tell if the heatsink is making good contact with the cpu from the pattern (of paste) left on them. If you see a minor problem, like to much or to little paste, you can fix that and you can straight-edge the heatsink and cpu heatspreader to see if either of them is warped.

[Drumfreakx]

This is what I get when i'm not even doing anything.

I had firefox open and aim running.

This is abnormal correct?


~When I drag windows around I get a lag trail as well.

~Just got my second BSoD since I reformatted. "SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION"

[Drumfreakx]

Sigh. After taking it apart. Removing the old thermal paste, applying new thermal paste, and reseating it. I get this. All cores now seem a bit jumpy. For no reason. I'm just using firefox.



~And after I closed all processes and opened up Over Drive again.