happeharkore

what is my next course of action?

heyman421

make sure that the case fans aren't clogged with dust/dirt

make sure (this is what killed me) that your case doesn't have screens/air filters (i didn't know my case had them, and they got clogged)

it's most likely dust, compounded with the fact that the temperatures are of course rising in the spring

happeharkore

well they were clogged,i cleaned them out and they run flawlessly now.it lowered the temperature but its still shutting down after 20ish minutes :-\

theboy

So your CPU Fan is still spinning? Whats the ambient room temp?

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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939
Mobo:GA-K8N51GMF-9
Memory: 3X512mb Kingston
Hard Drive(s)Master:160GB, Slave:200GB_External(1):250GB (2):200MB
Optical Drives: AopenDVD+-RW.
PSU: Antec 380-Watt
Monitor:19"Widescreen 1440X900 5ms 500:1
Sound:Dolby Surround w/powered sub.
Temps (idle):CPU:33C SYS:26C Core: 26C
OS(dual boot): Vista Ultimate/XP Pro

happeharkore

i dun really know what that is

if you mean whats the temp in the room its about 70 degrees

theboy

Have you ran memtest? How is the RAM configuration?

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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939
Mobo:GA-K8N51GMF-9
Memory: 3X512mb Kingston
Hard Drive(s)Master:160GB, Slave:200GB_External(1):250GB (2):200MB
Optical Drives: AopenDVD+-RW.
PSU: Antec 380-Watt
Monitor:19"Widescreen 1440X900 5ms 500:1
Sound:Dolby Surround w/powered sub.
Temps (idle):CPU:33C SYS:26C Core: 26C
OS(dual boot): Vista Ultimate/XP Pro

happeharkore

how would i go about doing that?

theboy

google memtest. you should get a link to download and run it.

Really though your CPU temp is far too high and hitting the warning stage. Re-apply some artic silver 5 like stated above.

__________________
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939
Mobo:GA-K8N51GMF-9
Memory: 3X512mb Kingston
Hard Drive(s)Master:160GB, Slave:200GB_External(1):250GB (2):200MB
Optical Drives: AopenDVD+-RW.
PSU: Antec 380-Watt
Monitor:19"Widescreen 1440X900 5ms 500:1
Sound:Dolby Surround w/powered sub.
Temps (idle):CPU:33C SYS:26C Core: 26C
OS(dual boot): Vista Ultimate/XP Pro

happeharkore

ive never done anything with that. i wouldnt know what to do :-\

theboy

Do you have any fans blowing cold air in and blowing hot air out?

EDIT: open up task manager and look under processes....see if you have anything thats loading your CPU. and post them here.

__________________
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939
Mobo:GA-K8N51GMF-9
Memory: 3X512mb Kingston
Hard Drive(s)Master:160GB, Slave:200GB_External(1):250GB (2):200MB
Optical Drives: AopenDVD+-RW.
PSU: Antec 380-Watt
Monitor:19"Widescreen 1440X900 5ms 500:1
Sound:Dolby Surround w/powered sub.
Temps (idle):CPU:33C SYS:26C Core: 26C
OS(dual boot): Vista Ultimate/XP Pro