hello gpgpers, i seem to have a problem with my pc. it started yesterday when i switched the pc on and within 20mins it shut itself down. No warning whatsoever. I thought it might be an overheating issue (although i did clean the case out last week) and stayed up to date with the windows updates/virus/spyware scans, i put a fan next to the case. it worked until the time i had to switch it off for the night. this morning as a precaution i cleaned out the case once again and much of the fan of the PSU as i could and started it up again. I only connected the bare essentials such as Keyboard/Mouse/Screen. After every half an hour i connected one peripheral in this order Wifi/webcam/joystick/printer/ext. hdd (x2)/iPod dock. After connecting the iPod dock the PC shut down again without warning. So restarted the pc again without the iPod dock and it didn't even get past the windows XP bar thing before it shut down again. i put a fan next to it again and started it up and it got to the desktop, loaded and then shut down again. My system specs are; Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 Intel C2D E6750 WD Caviar Blue (640gb) ATi Radeon X1950 Pro Creative XFi SB Audio Windows XP Pro and finally the PSU is a Jeantech JN120F-500AP (500W) any ideas? thanks in advance Monilhttp://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982912#msg-982912Tue, 21 May 2013 00:12:55 +0200 Phorum 5.3-dev http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983094#msg-983094 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983094#msg-983094 gav Off-TopicMon, 15 Aug 2011 21:42:09 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983092#msg-983092 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983092#msg-983092 Monza972 Off-TopicMon, 15 Aug 2011 21:35:19 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983090#msg-983090 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983090#msg-983090
It'll be interesting to see if what the temp is like if you load up the cores or it you encounter instability when gaming.]]> gav Off-TopicMon, 15 Aug 2011 20:29:41 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983085#msg-983085 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,983085#msg-983085
Once again thanks for a swift and detailed reply :). (B)]]> Monza972 Off-TopicMon, 15 Aug 2011 19:53:18 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982960#msg-982960 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982960#msg-982960
You're going to have remount the heatsink. You'll need some thermal paste (you normally get some with heatsinks, or you can ask at a local PC store for some (it'll probably be a couple of quid) - an small independent store will be better than a PC World or the likes, as they'll likely have some around the back that they'll just give to you for free).

1) Remove the heatsink. If it's the standard Intel one then you can follow [url=

]this video[/url] to see how to remove it. Note you shouldn't need access to the bottom of the motherboard - you should be able to simply twist and pull up the black push-pins. If the heatsink won't come off easily, try gently heating the heatsink with a hair dryer (use a low setting) until it's hot to the touch - the heatsink is designed to absorb heat, so it will radiate through the heatsink and will hopefully soften the thermal paste. Gently twist the heatsink until it pops off.

2) Clean off the old gunk from the CPU and the heatsink. If you've got some 100% alcohol or acetone then brilliant (just stick some one a tissue or 2 and rub off the paste). Otherwise, you'll have to try to remove it with tissue, but don't use water or any other liquid as it might leave a residue or even eat into the soft metals. For the record, tissues aren't ideal as they'll break up and leave bits - ideally you'd want a lint-free cloth, but frankly I use toilet roll, and it works fine. So long as you're not an overclocking freak, it won't make much difference. ;)

3) Add the new thermal compound. You just want a small blob in the centre of the CPU heatspreader. When you remount the heatsink, the pressure will spread the compound itself. There's a video [url=

]here[/url].

4) Remount the heatsink. The video above also shows this.

Edit: wow, this forum really doesn't like linking to youtube.]]> gav Off-TopicSun, 14 Aug 2011 13:59:14 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982956#msg-982956 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982956#msg-982956
Thanks for the reply.

1) It just shuts down by itself. No "Windows is shutting down screen". It doesn't restart. It remains off.

2) Core 0 is 73-74ºC/Core 1 is 75-78ºC. Graphics Card temp is 45ºC

3) I'll test that out now. I thought I get this information in before it does end up heating up.

edit1: Opening up painting and trying to save a jpeg picture makes the temps for both cores to go up to 80ºC and rise

with a fan on this is what the program shows:



edit2: just switching on Windows Media Player makes it go up to the 87s.]]> Monza972 Off-TopicSun, 14 Aug 2011 13:28:52 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982938#msg-982938 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982938#msg-982938
Though it's on a different rail (12v as opposed to 5v), to put that into perspective, your CPU alone can theoretically draw 65w.

1) By 'shut itself down', does it actually switch off, or does it just freeze or restart? If it's the former, it could well be overheating.

2) What's the temperature of the CPU(use Core Temp and graphics card (try using RivaTuner to find the temperature).

3) What happens if you open a game? Does stressing the CPU or graphics card cause it to crash quicker?]]> gav Off-TopicSun, 14 Aug 2011 11:29:24 +0200 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982912#msg-982912 http://www.grandprixgames.org/read.php?5,982912,982912#msg-982912
i seem to have a problem with my pc. it started yesterday when i switched the pc on and within 20mins it shut itself down. No warning whatsoever. I thought it might be an overheating issue (although i did clean the case out last week) and stayed up to date with the windows updates/virus/spyware scans, i put a fan next to the case. it worked until the time i had to switch it off for the night. this morning as a precaution i cleaned out the case once again and much of the fan of the PSU as i could and started it up again. I only connected the bare essentials such as Keyboard/Mouse/Screen. After every half an hour i connected one peripheral in this order Wifi/webcam/joystick/printer/ext. hdd (x2)/iPod dock. After connecting the iPod dock the PC shut down again without warning. So restarted the pc again without the iPod dock and it didn't even get past the windows XP bar thing before it shut down again.

i put a fan next to it again and started it up and it got to the desktop, loaded and then shut down again.

My system specs are;

Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6
Intel C2D E6750
WD Caviar Blue (640gb)
ATi Radeon X1950 Pro
Creative XFi SB Audio
Windows XP Pro

and finally the PSU is a Jeantech JN120F-500AP (500W)

any ideas? thanks in advance

Monil]]> Monza972 Off-TopicSat, 13 Aug 2011 23:09:30 +0200