There are two incidents in the past few days where my computer “blackout” suddenly and required a restart. I had no idea what was happening at first but noticed the heatsink on the CPU was very hot after touching it. From what I know, heatsinks should never be *that* hot.
The side cover of my casing is opened and I have a fan blowing straight into it to cool down everything within. When both incidents happened, my fan wasn’t turned on. So, I guess the temperature of the CPU must have risen so high that the computer turns off itself to prevent the CPU from frying itself.
I should probably buy a new heatsink or at least clean up the contact between the CPU and the heatsink but I am just too lazy. I will just make sure that the fan is on all of the time and that the CPU doesn’t get fried.
* fingers crossed *
If your computer is working properly before this, I think you should find out the reason your CPU becoming so hot.
@KennyP
Yeah, I know. If I had the time really. I suspect the heatsink isn’t working that well. The fan is moving though. Too much dust maybe?
Check in your BIOS what speed your fan is spinning at. Yes, clean the dust once a while =)
@Melvin,foong
I’ll try to remember to check it the next time I boot up my PC. This isn’t the only problem with my PC now. When I hibernate the system, it “shutdowns” instead causing me to lose everything.