Warning! CPU is changed

I am having trouble with my computer freezing up. Sometimes I can reboot and it will work for a few minutes or for an hour or more. Sometimes when I reboot, the "desktop recovery" screen comes up. Sometimes I get the message "Warning! CPU is changed, or CPU ratio adjustment is failed. Please re-enter the cpu settings in CMOS setup!" Other times it will freeze up during the re-booting process. I am running Windows XP Pro. If you can tell me what information you need to know about my system I will try to provide it. Any help will be greatly appreciated…………thanks

hi crosswired, have you made any changes to your computer, like adding/changing hardware or memory or any changes in the BIOS. did you try clearing the CMOS then rebooting.

Hi Shelf Life, Thanks for looking at my query. I haven`t changed a thing in quite a long time. Neither have I been into the BIOS or the CMOS setup. I first suspected a loose connection, but I checked that and found nothing loose or unplugged. Would posting some of the events from the error log help? Thanks again.

sure post the error log. is the cpu fan(spinning)/heatsink seem secure? your not trying to overclock it are you?

The CPU fan speed is 3750 RPM`s with a CPU temperature of 114 degrees and a System temperature of 95 degrees. The heat sink seems to be in place and locked tightly. I have not tried to overclock or anything of that nature. I have not made any changes at all in several months. This includes adding and removing hardware, etc. I regularly scan for viruses and spyware so I wasn`t thinking it could be anything of that nature. The error log is enclosed below. Thanks again for your time. Error Log Date - Time Source Description Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Wednesday, October 05, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Wednesday, October 05, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Wednesday, October 05, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Wednesday, October 05, 2005 ipnathlp The Network Address Translator (NAT) was unable to request an operation of the kernel-mode translation module. This may indicate misconfiguration, insufficient resources, or an internal error. The data is the error code. Thursday, October 06, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Thursday, October 06, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Thursday, October 06, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Thursday, October 06, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Friday, October 07, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Friday, October 07, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Friday, October 07, 2005 ipnathlp The Network Address Translator (NAT) was unable to request an operation of the kernel-mode translation module. This may indicate misconfiguration, insufficient resources, or an internal error. The data is the error code. Friday, October 07, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Saturday, October 08, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Saturday, October 08, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Saturday, October 08, 2005 ipnathlp The Network Address Translator (NAT) was unable to request an operation of the kernel-mode translation module. This may indicate misconfiguration, insufficient resources, or an internal error. The data is the error code. Saturday, October 08, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Saturday, October 08, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Saturday, October 08, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Sunday, October 09, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Sunday, October 09, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Monday, October 10, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Monday, October 10, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Monday, October 10, 2005 ipnathlp The Network Address Translator (NAT) was unable to request an operation of the kernel-mode translation module. This may indicate misconfiguration, insufficient resources, or an internal error. The data is the error code. Monday, October 10, 2005 W32Time Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751) Monday, October 10, 2005 W32Time The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time. Monday, October 10, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.64 for the Network Card with network address 003018E569C3 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). Friday, June 10, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application ybrowser.exe, version 2003.7.14.2, faulting module urlmon.dll, version 6.0.2900.2627, fault address 0x00039086. Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application zlclient.exe, version 5.5.94.0, faulting module zlclient.exe, version 5.5.94.0, fault address 0x00004c67. Thursday, June 23, 2005 Applicatio n Hang Hanging application MotiveBrowser.exe, version 5.6.14.52232, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. Sunday, June 26, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application ybrowser.exe, version 2003.7.14.2, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000477. Wednesday, June 29, 2005 Applicatio n Hang Hanging application PeekShows.exe, version 1.0.1741.36343, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. Friday, July 08, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application imgstud.exe, version 7.3.0.1113, faulting module albumui.dll, version 7.3.0.1113, fault address 0x0001cd92. Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module flash.ocx, version 7.0.19.0, fault address 0x0004a0f3. Tuesday, July 19, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application ybrowser.exe, version 2003.7.14.2, faulting module mshtml.dll, version 6.0.2900.2668, fault address 0x000681d5. Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Applicatio n Hang Hanging application msnmsgr.exe, version 7.0.813.0, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. Friday, July 22, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application ybrowser.exe, version 2003.7.14.2, faulting module mshtml.dll, version 6.0.2900.2668, fault address 0x000e021f. Friday, July 22, 2005 Applicatio n Hang Hanging application ybrowser.exe, version 2003.7.14.2, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. Sunday, July 31, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module flash.ocx, version 7.0.19.0, fault address 0x0004a0f3. Sunday, August 07, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module flash.ocx, version 7.0.19.0, fault address 0x0004a0f3. Tuesday, August 09, 2005 EventSyste m The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 80070005 from line 44 of d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\event s\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error. Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module flash.ocx, version 7.0.19.0, fault address 0x00051a9f. Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module flash.ocx, version 7.0.19.0, fault address 0x00086732. Saturday, August 20, 2005 Messenger None Sunday, August 28, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module msdds.dll, version 7.0.9064.9112, fault address 0x0006334c. Thursday, September 01, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module msdds.dll, version 7.0.9064.9112, fault address 0x0006334c. Thursday, September 01, 2005 Applicatio n Hang Hanging application IEXPLORE.EXE, version 6.0.2900.2180, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. Sunday, September 04, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module flash.ocx, version 7.0.19.0, fault address 0x0009be18. Tuesday, September 06, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module msdds.dll, version 7.0.9064.9112, fault address 0x0006334c. Thursday, September 08, 2005 Applicatio n Error Faulting application ybrowser.exe, version 2003.7.14.2, faulting module mshtml.dll, version 6.0.2900.2722, fault address 0x000e0279.

hi crosswired, those error logs arent related to your cpu warnings. can you monitor the cpu fan speed/temp. to see if its locking up due to overheating? other than that iam out of suggestions. have you tried a hardware forum? the computer makers website?

Uh.. This

The CPU fan speed is 3750 RPM`s with a CPU temperature of 114 degrees and a System temperature of 95

More specifically this

CPU temperature of 114 degrees

is WAY above normal.. norm CPU levels are 60-70

Thanks guys. I`ll try installing a new CPU fan and see if that helps. Thanks for the help.

good catch Crow.

I opened my system up and took another look at all the fans to make sure they were working. Upon closer inspection (and putting on stronger glasses) I found a thin covering of dust on my heat sink and the blades of the fan. After cleaning the fan and the heat sink the temp came down to 95 degrees farenheit and I haven`t had any freeze-ups since cleaning them. Any suggestions on how to lower the temp into the range you specified? Thanks again for all the help guys. It is greatly appreciated.