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Answer» Hi, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction with a problem I am having. I first noticed my computer was turning off during my scheduled AVG scan before it was finish. I thought I would clean my C drive up some but during disk clean up it shuts down as well. I have to shut off the power supply for a minute (until the light on the motherboard goes off) and then turn it back on before I can start it back up. I was hoping someone might be able to tell me where to begin? How big is big big trouble???Let's just say mine is about 68*C. You should try placing a tower fan beside the PC for a while, when you're using it.although the hardware sensors monter program is better i still think you may have a heat problem Time to swap in a known good power supply to eliminate it as the cause.....the 126C. is Speedfans way of saying THERES no sensor.......one other point....when you did your housekeeping did you remove the heat sink and if so did you reapply thermal paste?Hi, no I did not to be honest.... I looked it up and it was 2004 when I put this one together, wow how time flies!! Do you think I should go ahead and re-apply some of the arctic silver that I used first before I get a power supply? If so, should I order some new as mine is about 5 years old? Also I was looking at their website & wondering if that arctic clean is worth buying to clean it up with first?It wouldn't hurt to try.....remove the old dried paste with isopropyl alcohol.....apply a pea sized glob of paste and allow the weight of the heatsink to spread it.....too much is no good.....paste should be ok unless the consistency has changed with age.Hi, I did the thermal paste today, it did go through the AVG scan without a shut down but when I tried a disk cleanup it shut itself down after about 5 MINUTES... I was watching the readings on speedfan and CPUID monitor the whole time. The temp 2 reading went to a high of 52C during the avg scan but jumped up to 54C right before shut down and was back to around 42C when I brought the system back up. I assume the next step is to picp up a power supply? Is there a better brand that somewhere like Best Buy sales? I was going to order one from newegg but I really just want to find out if that is my problem asap....it should not shutdown at 54 usuly they shutdown at 75 or soYeah, I am LEANING on the power supply like Karnac said causing the shut down now. Is there one that you would RECOMMEND? I hate to buy a junk one, mine is the original 420w one I got with this alienware case 5 years ago....Never mind, I did some research and I am going to get a BFG Tech LS-450 from New Egg... They seem to have great reviews for the $... Let you know if it solves my problem! |
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