Problem with my processor?

I have an Extreme Force 840 which i bought from Xoticpc. It's basically the same thing as an Alienware M17. I have a Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53 Ghz.

A couple of months ago i noticed the cpu fan started making noises, it had no dust build up whatsoever, and the notebook would get really slow, eventually the fan gave up as well as my harddrive. I removed them and received a new fan/hardrive from ASI. i installed them and later proceeded to install windows 7.

Before i use to have a Windows experience index of 5.9 on the processor tab, now it shows a 4.4, if i run it again it increases to 4.6 , 4.7 .

I have downloaded CPU-Z to see if both cores where running and they are, i have cong to msconfig and activated both cores, ive checked the bios to see if both cores appeared but everything seems fine.

Any ideas why the rating dropped so drastically?

is there anyway to confirm that?

yeah it went from .9 to 4.6. I guess i understand what your trying to say, i just figured if the cpu got fried it would just die...

yeah, it went from 5.9 to 4.4. i just figured if the cpu got fried it would just die and stop working...

Check with the manufacturer for updates of bios flash/cpu driver/chipset driver, sounds like something is just not being used correctly. Most manufacturers (especially Alien) have pretty good components in them, and have a patch or update for most hardware. This could be the change in the rating, new driver or update might fix it.

manageit said:

Check with the manufacturer for updates of bios flash/cpu driver/chipset driver, sounds like something is just not being used correctly. Most manufacturers (especially Alien) have pretty good components in them, and have a patch or update for most hardware. This could be the change in the rating, new driver or update might fix it.

Sorry, missed first part of your symptoms.
Fan sped up because of heat issue - remember its only a laptop, they do have they're limitations.
Probably overworked the PSU with whatever you were running to get it hot enough to pull that kind of power.
When the fan loads up, the CPU and GPU are loaded up pulling all sorts of power, and if you do that for long enough, well , heat isn't the greatest thing for electronics.

What were you running at the time?

wow its kind of hard to say, probably some games Heroes of Newerth Lord of the Rings Online(when the symptons started i.e. fan making strange noises etc.) but when the Hard drive died i was watching a movie.

CPU's never slow except two reasons - heating or changing of the voltage/frequency. I suggest scanning for viruses/malware.