Posts by nmbeach

Exact same problem started on my machine this morning. Cool office, machine off all night means it could not be a temp problem. I restarted 10+ times and it finally loaded the bios. During the unsuccessful attempts, I sometimes had...

Finally loaded after several tries. I will do a complete backup to a slave external drive. Scared to turn off machine before attempting a repair. Any ideas?

After the power button is pushed, I get the Bios load progress screen with the Intel Inside logo at the top left and on the bottom status bar is "Press F2 for System Utilities", then the blue progress bar (which stops at about...

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I was reading through this thread because I recently experienced an overheating issue. Mine turned out to be dirt buildup on the heatsink. Cleaned it out for the first time in the life of the machine and all is now fine. I usually run...

Didnt realize so much stuff (watching my language) could build up in the heat sink. Just took the sager apart and cleaned for the first time in its life. Man was it dirty. I removed the heat sink to clean it good and gain access to the...

Sorry for the misquote. You are correct, i have never read where you recommended anything other than factory settings. Thanks for the info on the meaning of the blinking lights. It is possible that the machine was continuing to cool...

I have about the same definition as G-Omaha on idle operation and my machine runs 38 at idle, sometimes 40. I sometimes overclock and still have a really hard time getting it to 60, i have to really try to get it that high, and even if...

I found the fix. On monday i used powerstrip to overclock the machine to 500-299 because i have been working mainly in the office this week and these settings greatly imporve performance. As i stated above, i have never had overheating...

My 8790 has just started something strange. When i perform a normal shutdown, the machines fans continue to run until I pull the power plug from the rear. I have never experienced the overheating or other fan problems i keep reading...