Re: Hardware failure?: Now what?
Charles Curley wrote:
>
> The board is an ASUS H97M-E, bios date 05/15/2015. Processor is
> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790S CPU @ 3.20GHz, with eight processors.
>
> Now what?
4 cores, 8 threads.
As others are pointing out, this could be thermal. Clean the
fan, consider replacing the power supply, consider removing the
heatsink and cleaning it then re-applying thermal paste.
If the problem recurs and it isn't thermal, you can replace the
CPU.
i7-5775C or another i7-4790S will go for about $200; a used
i7-4770K will be nearly unnoticeably faster for about $180.
-dsr-
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