over heating

[vikram]

I bought a PC (D915GV, P4,512MB RAM with combo drive, no external graphics card) and it is working fine for over 1 and half year and all of a sudden while i was playing NFSMW (two profiles completed) my system got crashed. So after i restarted my PC an error occcured "Your PC was last shutdown due to over heating".This is the first time such an problem(also the first problem) occured. And after that my system never booted properly.And moreover after waiting for it to cool for sometime and when i restarted it boots for a while and again restarts itself automatically for quite some time until i shut it down.

I want to know what could be the problem. Do i need to repair the cooling system of my PC.

[ymhatre]

TOO HOT NEED COOLING DEVICES
check this link for all answers...
The link contain info abt introducing fans, their positions...
applying coolent also trendy heatsink......

[saurabh.sauron]

the problem is most likely ur CPU fan or a faulty heat sink. u should chk them out.

[vikram]

Thanx for ur help ,
First i would like to contact my vendor and ask for replacement and then some details abt fans that would fit into mine .

Anyway thanx once again.

[john_the_ultimate]

This overheating threads are increasing as the summer temperature are rising. Think that the Admin/Mods shold make a sticky for overheating problems. What do u guyz say?

[ymhatre]

@john_the_ultimate
u said my words....
me too feel the same....

[samrulez]

Yep,
the problem may be due to an improper mounted Heat sink or faulty fan....And also intall a software which will inform u that ur system is overheating so u can save all ur work...Games like NFS are resource hungry and overheat the CPU..is ur cabinet placed at a well ventilated area........is ur cabinet well ventilated....which P4 do u have ?????

[ymhatre]

1st of all clean ur cabinet from inside probably with a vacuum cleaner....
if this fails
2nd remove ur side pannels n then try running the games...
if this fails
3rd check the manner in which ur fan is connected... ie either working as an outlet fan - one which drives hot air outside(preffered always) or inlet fan(shld be used if u ha AC, or the room temperature is cold n free from dust)
inlet fan shld be a front pannel or side pannel... but not rear pannel..
if this fails
4th remove heat sink n then apply a coolent from any manufacture of ur choice............ (highly risky if u r a rookie n dont know how to do tht)
n now if this fails which wont then
5th get urself a new heatsinkfrom coolmaster or any manufacturer

[janitha]

Originally Posted by ymhatre

1st of all clean ur cabinet from inside probably with a vacuum cleaner....
if this fails
2nd remove ur side pannels n then try running the games...
if this fails
3rd check the manner in which ur fan is connected... ie either working as an outlet fan - one which drives hot air outside(preffered always) or inlet fan(shld be used if u ha AC, or the room temperature is cold n free from dust)
inlet fan shld be a front pannel or side pannel... but not rear pannel..
if this fails
4th remove heat sink n then apply a coolent from any manufacture of ur choice............ (highly risky if u r a rookie n dont know how to do tht)
n now if this fails which wont then
5th get urself a new heatsinkfrom coolmaster or any manufacturer

Better keep quiet than giving misleading advice.
I guess what you meant is heat sink compound / thermal paste.

[ymhatre]

it wasnt a misleading advice.....
yeah i mean to say thermal paste only......
n tell me wht u want to say by pointing out at
" coolent ...........highly risky if u r a rookie n dont know how to do tht"

[janitha]

Originally Posted by ymhatre

it wasnt a misleading advice.....
yeah i mean to say thermal paste only......
n tell me wht u want to say by pointing out at
" coolent ...........highly risky if u r a rookie n dont know how to do tht"

You are perfectly correct if you meant that using a radiator coolant is highly risky for the computer.

[ymhatre]

@janitha
it is not always tht coolant r meant for radiators of cars, ac etc...
BUt this term is also used in computer field...
for eg
u just google the term "coolant for computers" n u will see many link....

but please dont mind i also sometime may be wrong.... n for tht reason im here on digit... we r not boorn with knowledge we have to learn tht

[janitha]

Originally Posted by ymhatre

@janitha
it is not always tht coolant r meant for radiators of cars, ac etc...
BUt this term is also used in computer field...
for eg
u just google the term "coolant for computers" n u will see many link....

but please dont mind i also sometime may be wrong.... n for tht reason im here on digit... we r not boorn with knowledge we have to learn tht

Take it easy! I was only pointing out the misleading usage in a humorous way.

[ymhatre]

hssss...
SALUTE TO U for being humorous.....
But dont do tht again atleast with me....(Heheheh)
@ Vikram...
whts the news yaar did tht helped....
or r u stucked up somewhere..?????