Motherboard overheat

[skwurl]

Hi guys,

I was recently having problems with my PC when I would play battlefield 2. My FPS would without warning drop to an unplayable level and I would have to reboot my PC.

After countless hours, I figured out that my Motherboard fan was not spinning. I guess the temps from the videocard got the motherboard so hot that it would stall the PC. I rebooted the computer and fan still didn't start until I gave it a manual spin.

It started fine then.

My question is that do you think I damaged my Motherboard when the fan wasn't on. The now game runs fine but everyone once and a while it slows down again...this never happened before.

My temps are as follows:
CPU (AMD 3000+ 64) 35 degrees
Motherboard (Asus A8N-E) 44 degrees
Videocard Idle (Nvidia 6800 GT) 60 degrees

Is there some sort of software I can download to do a diagnostics on my motherboard to see if it's damaged?

 

[edfair]

Since it runs most of the time I would suspect that there has been no damage.

Your fan may be running slow and allowing heat to build up.
Once they hang up it is just a matter of time until they fail again. Time to replace it. Try to find a ball bearing type fan.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[skwurl]

So you would just replace the motherboard fan? How do my temps sound?

Also, do you know of any software that will tell you if your MB is running optimal?

Thanks

 

[skwurl]

Also, what are the standard voltage readings? I'm using Asus Probe to monitor my temps and I was wondering what the voltage readings should be for my PC.

AMD 3000+ 64
6800 GT nvidia
2 GB ram
A8N-E MB

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

if you go there it will tell you what the requirements are, though it won't show you your specifics it gives you a good idea at least if your PSU is big enough