OK the shutdowns started again, after computer had been fine for 24 hours...
All virus checks with Norton current revisions OK, XP native Firewall up...
Was running Overnet at the time (P2P app) and computer rapidly shut down.
I know these programs are system hogs, but never before have I had an issue. Upon reboot "Check System Health !" appeared in the place of "System Health OK". on the startup screen. Pressed delete to enter BIOS and I see a temp of 59 C. Not good - right? ...
So I take the panel off and let it cool and d/l Motherboard monitor so I can see the vitals outside of CMOS/BIOS and I'm averaging CPU temp of 50 C, Case temp of 39 C. These values increase when I have the case panel back on...
When I look inside I see 4 fans spinning fine - Power Supply, Front case, Rear Case, Fan on Motherboard over raised heatsink?...I see 1 very small fan not spinning at all - it is also on the Mobo, on the CPU I beieve as the plug point says "Chip Fan". When I've had the case open before I have also noted to myself that I've never seen this spin...
Does this then seem to be a temp issue or am I crazy?? I thank you in advance for your input...
AMD XP 1800+, Gigabyte 7ADX, PowerMan FSP 300 Power supply
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