You know its probably my fault and all... Ok, so it was going on almost 7 days straight of CPU hell and it gave out. System froze, and then monitor went on stand-by. I restarted, re-launched folding@home and after 15 minutes, same thing.

I've now reduced CPU to about 60% and we'll see how that goes.

Im guessing its related to the 6 days of pure hell the CPU has gone through. Question. What would cause this exactly? And is there chance of permanent damage?

I figure its not overheating since both the inside of the case and the CPU heatsink are cold. I have 5 case fans plus the PSU fan going at full speed (and loudness too) with a Silent Boost HSF rated for a XP 3400+ and IM operating a 2500+

Thanks,

I think I know what was causing it.

I had CPU usage at 100%, just like it had been for the last 6 days. But I had decreased the save time from about 10 minutes to every 3 minutes, and increased the re-draw rate from lowest to highest.

I dont know how that affects it all, but I've droped it back to defaults now and its been working for 20 minutes. Gonna shower and hopefully its still gonna work.

And yes, you did need to know I was going to take a shower