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Subject: Amd 64's I NEED HELP
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I recently bought a amd 64 3000+ and a gigabye k8 mobo. The fan that came with the processer shut down after a period of time. So i jerry rigged a anthlon fan to it and now it shuts down once u run any aplication. is it overheating??? any help would be nice

  • 12.08.2004 11:51 AM PDT
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What shuts down when you run an application? The fan or the processor?

  • 12.08.2004 11:53 AM PDT
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overheating would be my bet. you can't just strap any old fan to any old processor.

  • 12.08.2004 11:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: lucifer109
I recently bought a amd 64 3000+ and a gigabye k8 mobo. The fan that came with the processer shut down after a period of time. So i jerry rigged a anthlon fan to it and now it shuts down once u run any aplication. is it overheating??? any help would be nice


That's a big no no. It is overheating. Get a new fan off of newegg.com.

  • 12.08.2004 12:30 PM PDT
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everything shuts down and the computer resarts
and i am getting an new fan
also which is a good video card?

[Edited on 12/8/2004 12:42:34 PM]

  • 12.08.2004 12:39 PM PDT
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Overheating. Getting a new fan will help.

Good video card number 1

Good video card number 2.

  • 12.08.2004 12:45 PM PDT