Why does this happen?

just Scott

just Scott

just Scott

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Every so often my computer will just shut down for no reason at all. It'll shut down even when not doing anything except browsing internet etc. But the annoying thing is, most of the time it won't boot back up. I'll turn it back on, the fans will spin, everything will work like normal but the monitor just doesn't show any picture. It just flashes like it's not connected to the video card.

To fix this I usually just leave the computer off for a few mins. At first I though it was overheating, but the temps never go above 32C unless I'm running Orthos or something. What's most likely causing this? PSU?

Specs are E6320 (at 2.8GHz, stock volts), Gigabyte S3, 1GB OcUK PC6400 (at 800MHz, 2.1V, 5-5-5-15), Antec SmartPower 450W.

Thanks.

edit: holy crap, I've just been running Orthos, turned on Core Temp and the temps were at 100C!

What the hell.

edit2: it seems my heatsink (stock one) likes to stop working when under load. I heard a loud click before but thought nothing of it. I think it's broken. Temps are fine now though. I won't put the computer under any load until I get a new cooler. >_>
 
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sounds like you have hit the nail on the head on your own dude.

Way to go though, at least you thought it through and had alook at possible causes. :D


Get something like a freezer pro 7 on there, will do you fine and their cheap enough. Also a lot better than stock poop. :D
 
Datamonkey said:
sounds like you have hit the nail on the head on your own dude.

Way to go though, at least you thought it through and had alook at possible causes. :D


Get something like a freezer pro 7 on there, will do you fine and their cheap enough. Also a lot better than stock poop. :D
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hehe thanks dude.

Yeah I'm about to order a Freezer 7 Pro now. Should do nicely for me.
 
Sinny said:
get a Noctua if you can afford it, or a scythe infiniti ^_^.
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Nah I can't afford either of them. :[

edit: this is weird. The heatsink fan isn't spinning, but my temps are actually lower than they usually are when it's working normally. Speedfan, Core Temp and Intel TAT are telling me that the CPU is at 25C....the bloody fan isn't spinning. :confused:
 
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Could that be your motherboard ?

On my DS3 I had to turn off management and let it be full 100% 24/7.

If not it wouldnt always spin up.
 
Azrael1 said:
Could that be your motherboard ?

On my DS3 I had to turn off management and let it be full 100% 24/7.

If not it wouldnt always spin up.
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What do you mean managment? Could you explain a bit more please. :)

Thanks mate.
 
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