Computer shut down suddenly and won't start again

Stoner81 said:
It should just fit in nice and easy. Are you sure you have the correct heat sink and fan for your system?

EDIT

Intel stock coolers are not wonderful so it might be worth you investing in a much better cooler, you can get a good air cooler for about £20 from OCUK, one like THIS would be a good buy.

Stoner81.
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will look into it mate...thank for the advice!
 
Thanks to grandmaster, I finally did place the heatsink on the CPU. It was the tiny black pins which had to go inside the outer (white) shell before you could place them on the mobo.

However, the temperature is still high. I had it running for less than a couple of minutes and it started from 70 degrees to 80 running with the fan working at 2000+ RPM. What is a healthy temperature for CPU?
 
CinderzFTW said:
Idle around 35-40, underload around 55-60C usually, depending on the cooler you use and the how good your case airflow is.
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well in that case my temperatures are certainly way too high considering I'm on BIOS boot screen.

This is starting to get real annoying :( I wish I could pin point the cause of all this.
 
I know can suck big time sometimes and be very annoying. If you have put the heat sink on correctly plugged into correct cpu fan plug on the mobo and applied (where possible) thermal paste etc andddd ensured no dust etc is in the fan/s then maybe a new heat sink is needed as that one may not be doing its job.
 
@danyjr

You will need to remove the TIM and re-apply.
Also -

I forgot to mention.

You need a new PSU. Do you have an older PSU? Could you borrow your mates PSU?
I can assure you, if it isnt booting up, or boots up and then shuts down, you need a new PSU.

If you have an older PSU, disable all the parts you dont need to use such as

DVD Drive, any extra HD's, extra RAM, any card readers, fan controllers.

You need to go barebone.
GPU, MOBO, One HD, One stick of RAM

Also, dont you have a speaker with your case? Buy one. Its cheap.
A speaker in your case will beep if there are issues with it. You can then match the beeps with the beeps found in your motherboard book.
 
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well I did update my bios around a month ago. currently I'm trying to q-flash and will post results later on.
also didn't have thermal paste so I just went with the one which was already applied.
 
danyjr said:
well I did update my bios around a month ago. currently I'm trying to q-flash and will post results later on.
also didn't have thermal paste so I just went with the one which was already applied.
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Could be the issue right there. Didn't you say it was over 2years old? You should really replace the Thermal Paste
 
grandmaster said:
@danyjr

You will need to remove the TIM and re-apply.
Also -

I forgot to mention.

You need a new PSU. Do you have an older PSU? Could you borrow your mates PSU?
I can assure you, if it isnt booting up, or boots up and then shuts down, you need a new PSU.

If you have an older PSU, disable all the parts you dont need to use such as

DVD Drive, any extra HD's, extra RAM, any card readers, fan controllers.

You need to go barebone.
GPU, MOBO, One HD, One stick of RAM

Also, dont you have a speaker with your case? Buy one. Its cheap.
A speaker in your case will beep if there are issues with it. You can then match the beeps with the beeps found in your motherboard book.
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why would I need a new PSU?
unfortunately I don't have anyone with a PSU that can handle my system even for purpose of testing.
 
Hi danyjr,

Sorry to read about your problem. Your cooler might just have come loose, it happens.

First of all.. turn off the PC, including the switch on the PSU if it has one. Ground yourself by touching a bare metal bit of the case. Gently take out the Intel Stock cooler. Spend some time wiping off the old paste on the bottom, and VERY carefully (Ground yourself again) wipe it off the CPU.

You can get some thermal paste here form OcUK, or if you need it quickly, from a local PC retailer. You don't need mega expensive stuff.

To make it easy for you.. just put a small pea sized blob of paste (if possible) on the CPU in the centre (it will get spread out when you put the cooler on). Quickly check that the plastic pins on the stock Intel cooler are not 'splayed' out, or you'll never get it in. Squeeze them closed. Also, check that the cooler isn't blocked with dust. You'd be surprised how much dust they can hold.. it will REALLY hinder cooling, clean it out. GROUND YOURSELF again :-)

As one of the other guys said, try and put the pins in diagonally when you put the cooler on again. At the very worst.. just make sure two diagonals are pushed in, and it should give you 'enough' contact although it REALLY not advised, but enough to test and see if the temps are better. Hopefully you will be able to GENTLY put all four pins in.

If the temps are MUCH better and you managed to get all four pins in great. If you didn't, I'd advise you to get an aftermarket cooler to put on. (The artic coolers are cheap, and they work).

Good luck :-)

I doubt you'll need a new PSU.
 
grandmaster said:
Like you. I had the same problem.
From experience, you'll need a new PSU.
However id like you to try the new cooler first, then see what happens.
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Let him diagnose the issue first with the cheapest option :) It might turn out to be the PSU, but going on those temps, that's the first place too look.
 
Thanks for the tips Scouter, you certainly put plenty of time writing it, so big ups!

I will definitely get some thermal paste tomorrow, it is just I'm not quite sure whether it will make a big difference. I just have a feeling the root of the problem lies somewhere else. What is it? I wish I knew.
 
Unless you try you won't find out. But 77C after 3 minutes at idle. Something is not right lol.

If you get desperate for paste and can't get some, I'll send you what I have :-)
 
Either remove battery for a few minutes or there will be a jumper to move across on the motherboard, whilst pc is off. You may even have a button to do it.

Why do you want to do that? Fix one thing at a time :-)
 
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