Software Diagnostic tool

[Train]

Mod a case.
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthrea...iewmode=author

Cutting the screen behind the case fans has really help me cut temps up to as high as 12 C.
Cut out the screens and replaced with grill many a time.



EXAMPLES:
https://www.google.com/search?q=case...&dpr=1#imgrc=_

[Train]

The tool I use to remove the screen, so I do not have to strip the case first.

[Falcon Speed]

Hi Train,

Thank you for all of those suggestions.

My side panel has been off for years. I really think it is not an over-heating issue but more of either a static or PSU got self-fixed when I reapplied the thermal paste. Thermal paste is not factory but the Cooler Master brand: http://www.microcenter.com/product/3...ermal_Compound

I also monitor my CPU with RealTemp that I believe you (or Midknyte) recommended a few years ago. The only times the CPU gets over 60c is once a week or once every two weeks. But even then, that is not when it freeze. It freezes most of the time during waking up or reboot and once in a while when copying large files (gb).

Update: After a reimage a couple of weeks ago, I was going through a process of elimination with software and drivers. I am at 99% of all software and drivers reinstalled after this reimage. This is day 8 that it has not frozen since the thermal paste replacement. At this point, I can almost rule out it is NOT a software (drivers) failure.

I am trying to pinpoint the fan that started to rev up and then adjust upon starting the computer or waking from sleep. I have 7 many fans in the case so it is hard to detect which one. This was probably the culprit of the problem. Most likely it is the CPU fan because that was the only fan that I dettached and reattached.

[Train]

Had to be Midknyte as most of my rigs run AMD CPUs.

That cpu fan normally is the culprit. And if I may recommend a experiment, replace the case cover and keep tabs of the temps for a day or two. Do they change?

[Midknyte]

Probably me, but RealTemp hasn't been updated in a long time. Coretemp is another one.
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

As I said before, my system's cpu fan revs up when you first turn it on. I'm pretty sure it's the BIOS checking the fan speed at POST.

[Falcon Speed]

I am pretty sure it was you midknyte. It was also you who told me to upgrade from truecrypt.

As for the cpu fan, as i have shared, it have never reved up until this last thermal paste replacement. That means all of these years, I have installed it incorrectly.

[Midknyte]

Well, Truecrypt was flawed, so there wasn't much choice in the matter.

[Falcon Speed]

OK, I think I found the solution to the problem. So here is an update. It has been more than a week where my computer has not freezed since the replacement of the thermal paste. However, I think the root of the problem was my lack of knowledge on RAM multiplier.

I bought 24 gb of the following RAM: Patriot Viper Xtreme 12GB(3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000(PC3 16000) PX7312G2000ELK

When installed a few years ago, it showed up as 1066 MHz instead of 2000 MHz. Therefore, I increased the system memory multiplier to 12 to bring it to 1800 MHz. I did not realize this is actually the start of overclocking which requires the increase of vcore and vtt voltages. I was running everything else at factory setting which is 2.8 GHz. I decided to OC my system last week to 3.8 GHz. Ironically, it has solved a few problems. When copying large files, it does not go over 65c. Why? Also, could this be the reason why my eSata drive was disconnecting when copying large files? That problem seems to have also gone away.

The overclocking of my system seems to have resolved these threads:

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...ort&highlight=

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...tly&highlight=


Also Midknyte, RealTemp monitors the GPU. I believe CoreTemp doesn't monitor the GPU right?

[Midknyte]

RealTemp can capture the GPU temp, assuming the card is supported. Like I mentioned, RealTemp hasn't been updated in years.

CoreTemp is only CPU.

GPU-Z can also capture GPU temp.
https://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/