Random Shut-Down

[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?

 

[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?

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[happeharkore]

there are no fans on the case, there is a fan on the PSU, a fan on my video card, and a fan above the processor i think.

 

[theboy]

Could be your video card overheating while playing a game. I'd definatly get some more fans in your case. But would recommend taking a look at your PSU for specs.

 

[happeharkore]

Your TEMP 2 (most often CPU temp) is very high, however, the fact that you're temp 1 is -10C indicates a misread by speedfan. Boot into BIOS and get the temps from there, to see if speedfan is accurate.

If speedfan is accurate, then a new HSF with some AS5 (arctic silver 5) should solve the problem.

Ok well i went to the store and got some Silver Thermal Compound and im ready to use it. problem is i dont know what im using it on. any way anyone could point me towards a guide that would help me out would be appreciated

 

[happeharkore]

or even tell me what im gonna be using it on and i can look for the guide myself :-\