they arent just falling off. its leaving black spots on the motherboard. --- In [email protected], Chris Range <lcms0516@...> wrote: > > On 8/21/2011 11:05 AM, kevin19_89 wrote: > > they are randomly just blowing up in my computer. do you think its possible > > that its the temperature outside of the computer affecting it? > > > > we have been under a heatdome in oklahoma and its been around 110 outside > > daily. its just started yesterday (wasnt home all day and air conditioner > > wasnt on) i turn comp on and i hear popping in case randomly. my fans are > > all clean and i have fresh thermal grease on cpu. do you think its too hot > > still causing them to blow up? its still running as of now though. > I have never heard of resistors doing that. But it is possible for > chips on the motherboard to experience 'chip creep', where the solder > securing the chips to the motherboard, has somehow started to melt, > causing the chips to become loose to the point that they can easily be > pulled out without having to use a chip puller. Resistors are more > secure, because they can't be easily replaced. If it is the resistors > on the motherboard doing that, there might be some sort of power surge. >
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