Replacing laptop cpu

jd1008 jd1008 at gmail.com
Mon May 25 17:13:54 UTC 2015



On 05/24/2015 10:22 PM, g wrote:
>
> On 05/24/2015 02:51 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> <<>>
>
>> But this machine had been working for years without this recent
>> issue. So, I kind of dounbt it he the graphics chip issue. It's
>> history included the death of the cpu cooling fan, which I replaced.
>> The laptop belonged to a friend at the time. She sent it to me to
>> fix. I replaced the cooling fan with an identical one specified by
>> the same manufacturer and model number on the dead fan.
>>
>> After fan replacement, it started having this intermittent problem.
>> So, I am led to strongly suspect that overheating may have caused
>> the problem before I even put in the new fan.
> .
> before replacing or installing newer cpu, do what has already
> been mentioned.
>
> clean away old thermal paste, apply fresh _white_ *high temp*
> thermal paste.
>
> _do_not_ use a clear paste. clear does not give needed transfer.
>
> as for installing newer type cpu, contact AMD support. who would
> know better? ;-)
>
> to find out if cpu is causing problem, use this script;
>
>     #!/bin/sh
>     while true ; do
>       sensors >> ~/00-check-sensors
>       sleep 600 ## set sleep period to an interval of your choice.
>     done
>
> when system locks up again, open "00-check-sensors" to see history
> for temps and fans.
>
> years back, i had a 586 system locking up. running above script
> showed memory fan was slowing down. replaced fan, problem ended.
>
>
Good advice.
Will try it out.
Thanx.


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