MH6~SPARTA~ Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 So this is most-likely an issue where I need to get a new mobo, huh? Contact ASUS support beforehand and see if they can help you any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 So this is most-likely an issue where I need to get a new mobo, huh? Dunno Unless u can replace stuff like ; a diode etc.. (look for a broken one or something else) on the mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel~Sparta~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Try this first.... reapply the thermal paste. use a good high quality one... I recommend Artic Silver... DO NOT USE TO MUCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 The pc shuts down at 32c on the CPU, surely its not the paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel~Sparta~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 The pc shuts down at 32c on the CPU, surely its not the paste. You are correct. I failed to realize this was page 2. I have read the other posts and agree that this is most likely MOBO related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwing~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Hey Durka, I had the same issue with one of the MB Asus I had to return. Good news is: There is nothing you can do about it. Call the MB tech support, speak with a tekkie, tell him what you already did. If the MoBo is on warranty they will issue you an RMA ticket and you are gold. Bad news is: It is the MB, if is still under warranty, see above and go for RMA, if is not... start shopping. .... that stuff sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 I went ahead and upgraded my rig with a new mobo and CPU. I didn't want to upgrade until next year, but thought I might as well do it and save myself the trouble when my video card goes out in 6mo, lol. I got a Core i5 2500k, which was rated on Newegg 5 stars after over 1,500 ratings so I should be good with that. I went cheap on the mobo and got a ASRock brand board. With that I had to get new memory, but the mobo, cpu, and memory still came in cheaper than what I paid over 3yrs ago for a core 2 quad and Asus mobo. With the new power supply I ignorantly bought, it came in at around $550 total and a TIGHT space inside my case. I'm gonna have to get a full tower one of these days, ugh. I'll let you guys know how it goes when I get it all installed tomorrow night. Thanks again to everyone for the help, I really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I went ahead and upgraded my rig with a new mobo and CPU. I didn't want to upgrade until next year, but thought I might as well do it and save myself the trouble when my video card goes out in 6mo, lol. I got a Core i5 2500k, which was rated on Newegg 5 stars after over 1,500 ratings so I should be good with that. I went cheap on the mobo and got a ASRock brand board. With that I had to get new memory, but the mobo, cpu, and memory still came in cheaper than what I paid over 3yrs ago for a core 2 quad and Asus mobo. With the new power supply I ignorantly bought, it came in at around $550 total and a TIGHT space inside my case. I'm gonna have to get a full tower one of these days, ugh. I'll let you guys know how it goes when I get it all installed tomorrow night. Thanks again to everyone for the help, I really appreciate it. Sounds good, welcome to the wonderful world that is the i-series of Intel chips. At least you get one with an unlocked multiplier, so it'll be easy to overclock. Us early adopters were not so fortunate (unless you wanted to pay $1000+). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GySgt~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 great news cya in the battlefields.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwing~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Well done Durka That is a good machine. The ASRock Mobo I don t know but buttom line, if is cheap, still has a warranty, if it fails, they will replace it. Besides some technicality that majority of users don t need to have, also a cheap MB can do perfectly its job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cent~SPARTA~ Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 (edited) have been running the i5 2500k for 3 months oc at 4.2, sweet as a nut . core temps stable at 28 but i do have an effing big fan bolted to the side of the cpu lol. happy gaming mate....................... Edited April 6, 2012 by Cent~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 have been running the i5 2500k for 3 months oc at 4.2, sweet as a nut . core temps stable at 28 but i do have an effing big fan bolted to the side of the cpu lol. happy gaming mate....................... Got mine on 4.5 @ 1.360 Vcore (watercooled) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel~Sparta~ Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I am running an ASROCK MB and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Got everything installed and all seems to be working fine.(fingers crossed) Thanks everyone for the good advice. One question that might be a dumb one, but what temps should I be concerned with and what is a good average temp for my processor to have? Currently it's running at 35c, but I'm not really pushing the processor much. Obviously, the better temp is the lower one, so I was just trying to figure out safe avg temps or dangerous high temps. I've got 4 case fans running and one big Zalman CPU fan running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) Nothing should hit triple digits (in Celsius), and anything above 70 for any component isn't good in my opinion. Even though they can technically handle it (i.e. graphics card/CPU), I still try to keep everything below 70 or at the very least below 80. Hard drives should be even lower, and shouldn't really go above 30-degrees C, otherwise you risk drive failures. But 35C at idle is fine for your CPU. Edited April 10, 2012 by MH6~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Everything lower then 50 is always goood i got me (4) cores around -26° max 35° on idle stuff (no real stress gaming) Mobo around + -28° HD1 + -30° HD2 (SSD) +- 22°(most of the time) GPU on idle(googling) around + -35°(above 40° fan goes up auto) fans around -600rpm +1000rpm (got watercooling) i use speedfan (auto fans according temps) (temps wor givin as i was rounding up this post) greetz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niall Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) cant seem to start a new thread so asking on this as a side question has anyone seen anything like this happen with arma 2 or sixupdater? apparntly my computer has 2 instances of the OS partition both taking 238gb one is the C: os, the other is P: os while the p os is 238gb it only has some arma 2 files inside? i cannot format, remove this and i have no idea if its some kind of image that stubbornly wrote itself to the my computer part of the machine. anyone ever seen it and any idea how to get rid of it? Edited July 31, 2012 by niall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 cant seem to start a new thread so asking on this as a side question has anyone seen anything like this happen with arma 2 or sixupdater? apparntly my computer has 2 instances of the OS partition both taking 238gb one is the C: os, the other is P: os while the p os is 238gb it only has some arma 2 files inside? i cannot format, remove this and i have no idea if its some kind of image that stubbornly wrote itself to the my computer part of the machine. anyone ever seen it and any idea how to get rid of it? http://www.facebook....&type=3 Sounds like Bohemia's little partition they make when you install the Bohemia SDK tools (the PBO creator, Texture viewer, map editor, etc). It's essentially just a RAM drive, but it appears to be the same size as your main OS drive. Do you see a Bohemia Interactive/Tools folder under your Start Menu? If so, you should be able to uninstall it. Click Remove BI's Tools Drive under Bohemia Interactive/Tools/BI's Tools Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niall Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) ahh right ive downloaded something like that alright its a arma2 p3d viewer from what i can make out from one of the exe names. if its not earmarking off 1/3 of my hdd it can stay is that normal though? is yours like that mh6? ps thanks for the speedy reply the uninstall app doesnt work as it cant seem to find it. 8/ Edited July 31, 2012 by niall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 ahh right ive downloaded something like that alright its a arma2 p3d viewer from what i can make out from one of the exe names. if its not earmarking off 1/3 of my hdd it can stay is that normal though? is yours like that mh6? ps thanks for the speedy reply the uninstall app doesnt work as it cant seem to find it. 8/ It only actually takes up 28Mb on your system. I'd leave it unless having a P:/ partition bothers you. It won't hurt anything (and removing it will break some of the BI tools I believe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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