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Just an idea, but most motherboards nowadays have utilities available
to monitor the CPU fan speed and the speed of other fans in and around
the case. Usually you can set alarms to alert you of low fan speed or
overheating.
You may have to make a trip to your motherboard manufacturer's website
but it is well worth the time.
Regards, Randall
Tuesday, August 28, 2001, 15:36:40, you wrote:
> One other thing you might do if the cpu fan stops or slows down and the cpu
> overheats is to regrease the heatsink. One of the cpu's in my dual Tyan
> overheated and vaporized the grease between the cpu and the heatsink and
> hardened the grease around the perimeter of the PIII. Surprisingly the cpu
> still functions fine after the regreasing and fan replacement. Just for fun
> I ran the machine with one cpu to see what w2000 and ts2000 would do. With
> two cpu's TS2000 never froze, with one cpu the cpu useage went to 100% and
> froze. I had been trying to conserve electricity by running the air
> conditioner at a higher setting, not a good idea as the overheating was
> agrivated by higher room temperature. Now the room temp is kept at 80
> degrees F or lower.
> bobr
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phoon.usinet" <phoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:36 AM
> Subject: This Murphy tale will help you
>> About 5 weeks ago, I went to bed noting that my CPU fan was "sluggish".
>> Thinking that Trade Station Charting and the Global Server were running
> OK,
>> I was tired and stupidly dismissed the potential severity of the problem.
>>
>> The next AM I had a blank screen and the CPU heat sink was too hot to
> touch;
>> the cpu fan was dead.
>>
>> I couldn't work for the next 4 weeks because I had continuous Win 2k Pro
>> crashes after two years of complete stability with out one TS 2k crash.
>>
>> What happened?
>>
>> The fan died, the cpu overheated and then became not only defective but
>> destructive!
>>
>> Though the defective CPU did not cause electronic nor physical damage to
> the
>> computer hardware, it did damage the software in the motherboard bios, and
>> led to a series of crashes and cascading events which damaged and
> corrupted
>> my registry for weeks on end.
>>
>> My CPU was under warrenty, and its going to be replaced. Meanwhile, my
>> older CPU is in place, and I've finally got the system stable again,
> running
>> fine, after flashing in a new motherboard software bios and doing a
>> re-install of Win 2k Pro Service pack #2. Trade Station software and all
>> those fix packs will probably have to be re-installed. Fortunately, I had
> a
>> back up copy of all my global server data and my workspaces.
>>
>> My advice to traders?
>>
>> 1) Check your CPU fan periodically. I run my computer now with my cover
> off
>> so I can visually check daily, that my CPU fan is OK.
>>
>> 2) Periodically touch the heat sink on the CPU; it will be warm, but it
>> should not be so hot that you rapidly pull away your hand.
>>
>> 3) If your CPU fan does not have ball bearings, and is not of the best
>> quality, it is worth getting a good one.
>>
>> 4) Radio Shack sells an electronic sillicone tuner spray. About every
>> three months, remove the fan and spray into it at both ends briefly. Let
> it
>> dry. Put it back on the CPU. Don't use RD-40 or a petroleum based
>> lubricant; it is oily and will gum up the bearings.
>>
>> Good trading to all,
>>
>> Peter Hoon
>>
>>
>>
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