Overheating PC shutting down

neilw · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:20

Any Ideas what could be going on here? All heat skinks in the PC seem fairly cool.

The PC will shut down when under load, when I'm playing a game or if I run SP2004, I guess this is due to the thermal protection?

Any Idea exactly what Temp 1, Temp 2, Temp 3 are?

This is'nt the PC in my sig. Althlon xp on a old gigabyte motherboard, nothing overclocked.

Cheers people

Tom|Nbk · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:22

The rails on the PSU look dangerously low your PC could be on it's way out tbh.

neilw · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:24

Its a 2 month old Corsair HX520. Could it be faulty?

Tom|Nbk · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:26

neilw said:
Its a 2 month old Corsair HX520. Could it be faulty?

Hmm I was going by your sig (Doh!) and presumed the worse. Im not sure what to think tbh.

neilw · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:28

Yeh that old beast is in the loft. May had to go swipe its power supply! its a strange one. I guess the -12 rail should read something close to 12 and not 7! and the -5, 5 not 2

Tom|Nbk · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:33

neilw said:
Yeh that old beast is in the loft. May had to go swipe its power supply! its a strange one. I guess the -12 rail should read something close to 12 and not 7! and the -5, 5 not 2

I wouldnt tbh you'll cause your self more greif, you should most likely ignore the -12v readings but the others look in spec just about. Also I noticed one of the temp's is 108c :eek:

. WTF.

doctoe2260 · 25 Jul 2007 at 22:48

Temp 1 and 2 are pushing 60C, check the BIOS thermal shutdown settings as the default for mine was 60 degrees, you can push it higher. Also, if heat sinks are cool to the touch you may need to reseat them.

neilw · 26 Jul 2007 at 08:34

Cheers people. I think I've solved the problem. The cool Processor heat sink being the clue. Added some more thermal paste to the underside f the hs, and all seems fine now. temps have dropped, and the computer was not long shutting down during sp2004 or when I fired up a game for abit.