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Thread ID: 106486 2010-01-10 10:46:00 Computer Randomly Shutting down. Mister (15201) Press F1
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847616 2010-01-10 10:46:00 I installed a new 1TB hard drive the other day and everything was going fine until tonight.

When playing any game or something, It will randomly just shut-down. No warning, no nothing.

The first thing that came to my mind was power supply, but I have a 550 Watt power supply, and I'm not sure a new HDD would take up that much power. So I thought it'd be best to ask.

My system is..

Asus P5P43TD Motherboard, Socket 775, 1333MHz FSB, 4xDIMM DDR3, PCIe-16, 3xPCI, 2xPCIe-1, 12xUSB2, Audio, 1xATA, 6xSATA, ATX

Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus, 550W ATX PSU, SLI Ready, Black

Gigabyte GV-N26OC-896I Video Card, GeForce GTX 260, 896MB, DDR3, PCIe-16, DVI, SLI ready, HDMI

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Socket 77

Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3, OEM

OCZ Platinum Kit, 2x2GB, DDR3-1600, PC3-12800, CL7, DIMM, XTC Heat Spreade

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS Hard Disk Drive, 500GB, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, SATA-2

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS Hard Disk Drive, 1000GB, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, SATA-2

Thanks.

Oh damn, just saw the thread underneath me. :S
Mister (15201)
847617 2010-01-10 10:55:00 check temprature, NOW :help: angry (15305)
847618 2010-01-10 10:55:00 Have you checked event viewer?? Is it blue screening at anytime? If the case has a speaker, does it beep ? Speedy Gonzales (78)
847619 2010-01-10 11:05:00 Ok. I took new HDD out. Did same thing. only closes in games.

Temps are, Wow.

GPU - 50c
System - 40c
CPU - 62c
AUX - 80c
HD0 - 31c
Core 0 - 99c
Core 1 - 92c
Core 2 - 99c
Core 3 - 92c
Mister (15201)
847620 2010-01-10 11:06:00 Have you checked event viewer?? Is it blue screening at anytime? If the case has a speaker, does it beep ?

Yeah I checked Event Viewer, nothing bad there.

No BSOD. And no Beeping
Mister (15201)
847621 2010-01-10 11:22:00 Check your cpu heatsink/fan assembly is fitted correctly, too damn hot!
Are you overclocking?
feersumendjinn (64)
847622 2010-01-10 11:22:00 Dont think the cores should be that high Speedy Gonzales (78)
847623 2010-01-10 11:23:00 I shut that computer down, using the laptop now. Is there any reason that my CPU would randomly just jump to that temperature?

Will check the fan now.
Mister (15201)
847624 2010-01-10 11:29:00 Perhaps you loosened the retaining clips on the HSF assembly when you fitted the hdd, or a cable is touching the fan. feersumendjinn (64)
847625 2010-01-10 11:34:00 One of the little, clipity bobs was loose, pushed it in, now hearing a weird sound, sounds like a cord is hitting a fan somewhere. So checking it out now Mister (15201)
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