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To: ptanner who wrote (64544)	11/29/2001 4:32:10 AM
From: Gopher Broke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

and the socket temps reported are in line with those from this summer The symptoms are of a cooling problem. I would not assume that a good socket temperature reading corresponds to good cooling. The problem I had was with heat distribution, not cooling. The heat sink compound had dry spots and areas of the chip were not in contact with the heat sink.

To: ptanner who wrote (64544)	11/29/2001 8:24:48 AM
From: rsi_boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

There are several cooling problems that can arise over time: CPU fan: over time, fan performance degrades as the sleeve or ball bearings begin to wear out, the fan gradually slows down until it eventually stops or starts buzzing.By the time you notice anything it can be spinning half speed thermal paste: some websites have documented thermal paste "creep" over time causes gaps to appear in the thermal interface between CPU/heat sink dust: dust of course gets in the heat sink, acts as an insulator, blocks airflow. It also gets on the fan blades reducing their efficiency. Case placement: it's easy to shift a computer too close to a wall or other equipment blocking effective case airflow any of these problems on their own or combined could be causing your problem, especially if the computer was only marginally cooled to begin with (are you using boxed retail fan/heat sink