r00ster
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Hey there. Lately I have had this issue with my PC. It usually occurs when my pc are doing heavy processing.
I have had the previous issue of my computer restarting all the time which I got sorted out... well sortof. The thing there was, my CPU (Pentium 4 3.0GHz prescott 1mb) was idling at 82 degrees celcius. I put on some new thermal paste and it is idling at around 50 degrees. Well some say this is still too high, but high enough for my pc to just turn off?
Well yeah, that's my new problem, not the restarting of my computer but it just turns off now... completely. This doesn't happen as often as the restarting happened but it is till hits at the most crucial times.
My power supply some said could also be and issue. The PSU fan was very loud and sometimes gave some problems. I also realized, someone who worked with it before made the fan suck in from the outside and not the other way around. Well, I replaced the PSU fan and the noise was gone. The PSU felt cooler as well.
I thought my problems were gone, untill today, when I needed to recover some files on an old hard drive. While in the process of this, my computer just turned of again (see what I mean by "crucial times").
So there, I hope this gives you a good enough idea. For some reason my bet is on the the PSU being faulty or having some bad capicitors or something. I will try and send you some pics of the inside if needed.
Can someone please give me some idea of what they think could be the problem??
I have had the previous issue of my computer restarting all the time which I got sorted out... well sortof. The thing there was, my CPU (Pentium 4 3.0GHz prescott 1mb) was idling at 82 degrees celcius. I put on some new thermal paste and it is idling at around 50 degrees. Well some say this is still too high, but high enough for my pc to just turn off?
Well yeah, that's my new problem, not the restarting of my computer but it just turns off now... completely. This doesn't happen as often as the restarting happened but it is till hits at the most crucial times.
My power supply some said could also be and issue. The PSU fan was very loud and sometimes gave some problems. I also realized, someone who worked with it before made the fan suck in from the outside and not the other way around. Well, I replaced the PSU fan and the noise was gone. The PSU felt cooler as well.
I thought my problems were gone, untill today, when I needed to recover some files on an old hard drive. While in the process of this, my computer just turned of again (see what I mean by "crucial times").
So there, I hope this gives you a good enough idea. For some reason my bet is on the the PSU being faulty or having some bad capicitors or something. I will try and send you some pics of the inside if needed.
Can someone please give me some idea of what they think could be the problem??