hey im in serious need of help, I have a pretty good computer here is the specs:

CPU : Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 3.20 Ghz

Video : ATI Radeon X1300 Pro AGP 8x 256MB

Memory: 1024 MB

Ive spent alot of money on this computer , originally it was an HP , but i bought a new motherboard with an AGP slot in it. Then i bought the video card i have now.  About 2 months ago i got my processor that i have now.  I accidently dropped it off a table and the front part of it broke off and the the side no longer stays on due to that.  But it still worked just as good, but for the past month Ive had some serious and weird crashing problems.
                     It wont crash if i just leave it on all night and day with it just on the desktop, but it wont stay on for more than 30 minutes when im playing a game like GTA:San Andreas or Warhammer 40,000.  I think it might be the video card causing this, but I don't know.  The weird thing about it is that when it CRASHES, everything in the computer cuts off but the POWER light stays on.  Recently ive been trying to fix it, and Ive noticed that WHENEVER i start it back up immediately after the crash and look at the hardware monitor, my cpu temperature is at around 90-95 degrees celsius(about 190-200 degress fahrenheight) I dont think it is normal for it to be that hot.  One night i left it on all night and the next morning i find that it crashed overnight, and i had it in a small shed that i was sleeping in, and the temperatures in the shed were like 15-20 degrees , REALLY freezing.  So I dont know if this is a heat problem either. This is the only incident where it has crashed without having a game running. 

Can anybody give me any clues as to what might be doing this?Sleeping in a shed with your computer?

Bad power supply, heat and bad RAM are the most likely suspects. Is that the original HP power supply?

Take the side off and blow a fan directly in there while gaming.

Free RAM test download at www.memtest86.com

Post back with your responses.ok ill try the fan thing.

for the past hour ive been looking at my cpu, and the heat sync paste is pushed out around the LITTLE round copper plate on the heat sync, and when i spread it back out and stick in my computer and turn it on and play GTA for 15, it gets back up to 190 degrees and i look at the cpu and the paste is pushed to the sides again.  Why is it doing that?ok i spreaded out the paste and stuck it in, then i took it back out and the paste is pushed to the sides. how much paste is suppost to be on there?You could have looked up a guide on how to apply paste before actually doing so and saved yourself a world of hurt.

There has to be enough on there to fill the gaps, but not enough to squeeze it out from underneath the heatsink.. Quote from: psychaospath on April 20, 2007, 08:06:53 PM

ok ill try the fan thing.