Originally Posted by
DannyM
Hey folks,
It's been a while since I've posted but I'm always around! I need some help if anyone can offer any input.
I have an eMachines 1401 it's an all in one mini desktop jobby. I took it apart earlier to nab a stick of memory from it, it was a bit fiddly but I got there in the end with no issues.
I then put it back together which seemed more awkward then taking it apart, I applied a bit more force than usual if I am to hold my hands up, this is where I think it's gone wrong!
There is one heatsink which covers both the CPU and GPU chip, I had to take it off to take it apart so I resat the heatsink with some fresh thermal paste and monitored the temps when it was back together, the temps soard to 100 celcius (I left it for a few mins before noticing) I instantly turned it off and unplugged it. I then later tried to reseat the heatsink again with some new thermal paste as the thermal paste I used originally had been in the draw for a while.
However I've now found out after some elimination that the BIOS shows the CPU temp at -70 celcius where as the GPU temp is correct, however it get's a bit strange, XBMC shows a temperature reading for the CPU (which seems right) but my BIOS doesn't it just constantly shows -70 celcius. I need the BIOS to recognise it for the SMART fan control to work as if I don't have smart it constantly runs at 4000 RPM which is very noisy!
Any suggestions?
I'll try clearing the CMOS but I'm not sure if that will have any effect.