PC crashing

by solomon • 29 Apr 2012, 17:45 • Journals
Hi,

Just need help as my pc keeps crashing recently. Seems to be fine when just doing browsing and word and things but when I play ET it shuts down after about 10-15minutes.

I'm assuming this is heat related but where to look? All the fans are running on the board so not sure where to start?

Cheers
Solomon
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belto 29 Apr 2012, 18:55
check cpu. Or maybe the PSU ?
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Sm3kht 29 Apr 2012, 18:58
i think your problem is that your pc keeps crasching recently, specially when you play ET it shuts down after about 10-15minutes.
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s1LENT 29 Apr 2012, 19:26
after thinking about it i came to the conclusion that you might be right...
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solomon 29 Apr 2012, 20:05
Indeed I'm glad I asked now.
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Zodiac 29 Apr 2012, 19:18
maybe your GPU is starting to die, and check your CPU/GPU fans for dust
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strN 29 Apr 2012, 19:24
coretemp
gpu-z
furmark
prime95
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zaNc 29 Apr 2012, 19:36
GPU/CPU overheating, psu not able to handle high load?

download hwmonitor for temps
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solomon 29 Apr 2012, 20:02
That's a nice little program cheers.

Showing the cpu temps as being around 71C which is way too high so I'm taking a guess thats the problem. The gpu is at 30C so thats not an issue.

Will have a look at the fan etc - anything else to check?

Cheers for that
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zaNc 29 Apr 2012, 20:09
71 in load or idle?
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solomon 29 Apr 2012, 20:16
71 was just with chrome open. Just ran ET and they got to 85C before going to -40c so I'm thinking that may be a problem
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quebratolas 29 Apr 2012, 21:03
if its a desktop

replace the the stuff between FAN and PROCESSOR
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zaNc 29 Apr 2012, 21:11
check that the cpu fan is properly attached. Also u should change the thermal paste between the heatsink and cpu
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stKz 29 Apr 2012, 19:55
Sol :D how do!
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bLizzi 29 Apr 2012, 20:09
buy new cooler

i had prob with my 450 one
bought 500 and didnt have any prob :)
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ETNiES 29 Apr 2012, 21:11
Take out your heatsink, clean the dust out, reapply thermal paste
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kaTzeeeee 30 Apr 2012, 09:33
no wonder if all your fans running on the board... ahahahhahahahahahhhhhhhhhhn funnnnnnnnnnnny shiiiiiiiiiiiiit ahah
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solomon 2 May 2012, 20:09
Well cheers all. Cleaned the heat sink and added new paste and jobs a good one. All back and running fine.
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