Yes I know I said before it would be the last post I would discuss this, but something has come up that needs to be posted.
According to hardforum.com after submitting the info they requested today, they say that my Northbridge on my motherboard is seriously overheating. Like the heatsink isn’t working.
This “Northbridge” from what they told me, is the co-brain of the system, the 2nd in command of my CPU. It controls how much power and RAM for every program I run on my computer, including bootup and shutdown.
The fact it’s overheating can make you think that the video card is going bad, or your RAM. And as always, overheating can cause lock ups.
However I have explained to them over and over, that this has been happening since I first started getting the lock ups, way before I had it replaced due to flashing my BIOS. Nothing has changed.
I feel it’s just a faulty sensor.. but for it to happen twice? Who knows. I’ll have to call the guy that built my computer this coming Monday and tell him what I’ve been told. Though he will probably say “we can’t do anything unless you bring it in”, and I have no money for them to look at it.
But the fact the motherboard is under a year old(got it last month), it shouldn’t cost me anything to get it replaced (again), if needed.
I think it could be something I’m running that’s causing the Northbridge to get so hot.. but what? Service Pack 3 maybe?
However, today I tried to put my index finger on the Northbridge. Slowly my finger got closer and closer until I touched it, and I didn’t feel no “OMG OW!!!” the second I put my finger on it. It wasn’t until 2-3 seconds when I started feeling the heat building.
So, that proves it’s just a faulty sensor, however hardforum.com doesn’t buy that, and still is convinced it’s in my motherboard.