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Hi, |
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I've been having issues with the computer shutting down automatically. Makes |
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me wonder if it's an over heating problem. The system (AMD Sempron 2500+, MSI |
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K8M800 mobo, two Seagate HDDs, an LG DVD Burner and a GB of RAM) has |
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developed a habit of shutting down or restarting randomly, no matter what OS |
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I'm using. |
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A few days ago, the system shut itself down. I pressed the start switch but it |
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would not respond, instead the power LED just kept blinking. I thought it to |
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be an overheating issue and let it cool off for a bit. It worked fine for a |
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few days and then this phenomenon just kept repeating itself and the |
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frequency increased. There were a few lockups in between too. This would |
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happen when running and update world while running Azureus in KDE or even |
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when I was doing something as trivial as just chatting. |
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One day, the system refused to start. I pressed the start switch after a few |
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minutes of such a shutdown and all that happened was I could see the power, |
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HDD LEDs and the DVD burner's LED all glowing, but the monitor wouldn't |
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start. The CPU fan would be working. I let the thing sleep for a few hours. |
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Later, I though I'd just run memtest to check if the RAM modules aren't |
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causing any trouble. The pc actually started this time, but as soon as the |
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memtest86+ screen came up, the thing shut itself down once again. |
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Next day, I had the system lock up twice while editing the BIOS settings. This |
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time I decided to dig out the processor and take the board and the processor |
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to the dealer for checkup. Turns out that the processor had got stuck to the |
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heat sink. After separating and reinstalling the two, the system worked fine |
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for a few days. |
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Now, again, a couple of days ago, I had the shut down. This time I decided to |
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keep the room as cool as possible and have been running the computer with the |
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lid open. But then again, just a few minutes ago, I had the shutdown while |
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compiling K3B while running KDE and Azureus. Since then I've put up ksensors |
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to check the temperature constantly. It's showing a pretty neat 35C right |
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now, running Azureus, Kmail and Kopete. |
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Anyway, the point of this loooooooooooong emails is that I haven't exactly pin |
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pointed the problem. If anyone thinks this is something other than over |
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heating, please reply. |
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Thank you, |
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Mrugesh |
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