Computer advice
Feb. 26th, 2011 07:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieA question for my more technically-minded friends out there!
I've had a problem today where my pc kept on closing down for no readily apparent reason. Not rebooting, just coming to a complete stop.
One thing that naturally occurred is that the CPU is running too hot, so I downloaded a tool to monitor it. The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (about 3 years old) and according to what information I could dredge up should sit at 20-30C when idling. Mine is sitting at around 60C and that is with the case open (besides which my case (NZXT Zero) has about seven cooling fans, all of which are working.) As soon as it starts actually doing something the temperatures start hitting well over 100C (and I've not tried it yet with something really CPU intensive, like a game).
Any thoughts what might be causing my problem?
I've had a problem today where my pc kept on closing down for no readily apparent reason. Not rebooting, just coming to a complete stop.
One thing that naturally occurred is that the CPU is running too hot, so I downloaded a tool to monitor it. The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (about 3 years old) and according to what information I could dredge up should sit at 20-30C when idling. Mine is sitting at around 60C and that is with the case open (besides which my case (NZXT Zero) has about seven cooling fans, all of which are working.) As soon as it starts actually doing something the temperatures start hitting well over 100C (and I've not tried it yet with something really CPU intensive, like a game).
Any thoughts what might be causing my problem?
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:45 pm (UTC)So I know the problem - next stop is fixing it!