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BSOD after installing a new CPU cooler
Hi,
I installed a new CPU cooler today, upgrading from the AMD stock cooler to the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2. I decided to test it by encoding some short videos, and it seemed to work fine. I was monitoring the temperature with a program called Core Temp, which recorded the max temp at 46 degrees C. As soon as the videos finished encoding, I got a BSOD. I didn't have time to note down the error code, but i have the dump file that it created. I would really like to know if the BSOD would have been caused by overheating and if i should go back the the stock cooler, or if it was caused by something else. I also noticed just before the BSOD that the top of my case near the disk drive was unusually warm, considering that there is nothing there. I wonder if the CPU cooler is blowing the hot air up into the PSU and causing it to overheat.
If someone could advise me or maybe even analyse the dump file to determine the cause of the problem, that would be great.
Thanks :)