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06-08-2011, 12:39 AM
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Custom Build - PC randomly turning off (Possible Overheat)
My brother and I built a PC a about 2 months ago and as of late it has been randomly turning off without warning.
It has happened while playing minecraft and during WOW. His chip set is a AMD Phoenom II x4 B60 processor. He was messing around on the boot up screen and he unlocked all his cores. Not knowing what it really meant. (as do I as this point) I downloaded a few temperature monitoring programs with no real luck. Realtemp - Did not support my chipset Core temp - does not show temperature of the cores for some reason, like it couldnt find them. I noticed the fan over the CPU does not line up 100% with the air hole cut out on the case. At this point, I not too sure what to do... Can I disable the cores to original factory settings? By unlocking cores, would I have to add extra cooling fans? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Last edited by plasticslug; 06-08-2011 at 12:42 AM. |
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06-11-2011, 03:36 AM
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Hi plasticslug. I have some limited experience building pc's (all that I do have is thanks to help from people on this site), but I'm far from being an expert. I know that there is more than one thing that can make a computer unstable.
The only time I experienced a similar problem, my power supply was the issue. My computer would run fine for a while, then just switch off. Maybe the power supply was faulty, or maybe the aging circuitry of my pc just needed more juice than it used to, but I installed a slightly larger power supply and everything was great. That's about all I can offer for input, and it might not have anything to do with your problem. At least it's one thing you could try if you have access to another psu.
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06-11-2011, 09:56 AM
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Please list the complete system specs.
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06-11-2011, 10:59 AM
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Which power supply are you using?
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06-12-2011, 10:48 PM
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need your specs as glc suggested. Are the cores still unlocked?
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