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| Thread ID: 80665 | 2007-07-01 08:38:00 | pc shuts off during demanding applications | deathracer (11825) | Press F1 |
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| 564780 | 2007-07-01 22:44:00 | as I suggested ......open the case and have a look for dust clogging up the fans and heatsinks.......it wont take long and simply putting more fans in wont fix it if theres too much dust in the heatsink on the processor it will still overheat... thanks for the help, i plan on buying one of those air dust cans or whatever they are called to remove dust, cause there is a bit of dust in my computer but i never knew that even small amounts can cause so much mayhem for me, but do you think that after i clean it up that this wont happen anymore? cause i really need to use my pc for raring and movie converting. |
deathracer (11825) | ||
| 564781 | 2007-07-01 23:20:00 | if it's bad you'll have to remove the fan/heatsink assembly and take the fan off the heatsink then what I tend to do is use a fine brush (one of my wifes old makeup brushes is my weapon of choice) to remove all the dust from the heatsink.....simply blowing the dust out may not be particularly effective.....if/when you do this you'll also need to use some 'heat compound' such as articsilver or similar and put a LITTLE bit between the heatsink and the cpu this ensures good heattransfer........DONT use a lot | drcspy (146) | ||
| 564782 | 2007-07-01 23:30:00 | PSU,PSU,PSU!!! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 564783 | 2007-07-03 06:25:00 | i think it might be overheating cause i installed the program speedfan and fans 2 & 3 have a little flame next to them while the others have a green check., is there a quick fix for now before i go to the store and buy more fans. also i just turned on my pc, i know its summer but thats really something thats weird for me to understand. What are the exact temperatures? beeswax34 - what makes you say deathracer is in NZ? or even in the Southern Hemisphere? ;) so it could well be Summer where he is :rolleyes: It is also possible that is it PSU, but I am going with overheating at this stage. |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 564784 | 2007-07-03 06:42:00 | If got a side mounted fan and the stock HSF then chances are the HSF isn't mounted properly. You don't need a lot of airflow to keep a CPU cool and a side mounted fan is sufficient. Did your friend who installed Windows build or modify the PC for you? My monies on him not mounting the HSF properly. As SolMiester has already mentioned it could be the PSU or it could also be dud memory. But since the temps have set off the alarms in Speedfan it looks like a heat issue. Is speedfan showing the fan speeds? If so what are they? What is the exact temp of your CPU? |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 564785 | 2007-07-03 06:49:00 | Is your PC running fine during idel or mid-load? If your PC restart itself in heavy load it means you got a PSU problem. Try looking in the case and see what happens, i.e. fans is running OK or not because of dust etc. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 564786 | 2007-07-03 07:09:00 | Is your PC running fine during idel or mid-load? If your PC restart itself in heavy load it means you got a PSU problem. Try looking in the case and see what happens, i.e. fans is running OK or not because of dust etc. No, not always, as most people have said it is most likely to be heat... A system can be stable at idle and mid load tasks and completely unstable at high load :rolleyes: | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 564787 | 2007-07-03 07:13:00 | No, not always, as most people have said it is most likely to be heat... A system can be stable at idle and mid load tasks and completely unstable at high load :rolleyes:That's why I said have a look inside the case, it did happen to me before though because I forget to connect back the fan connector for the CPU. It just says CPU temp warning and the system was built in 2002(yeah, an almost retired old Intel PC). | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
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