Hey, it's been a while..
So, I'm back, with a little problem.
Today I was taking it easy on my computer, just surfing the web, a little bit of light gaming some socialising, an easy day for my computer. I'd closed all windows as I was about to make myself a cuppa, then, my P.C shut down all by itself, my first thought was that it had short-circuited, I panicked. I couldnt see no smoke, and power was still being supplied to both my mouse and the ethernet port (my mouse has LED's in it which dont shut down when the computer turns off). So, I presumed the components were good. I wearily pushed the power button, I got my bios screen and a little happy beep, I sighed with relief but just a little too early, as the computer shuts itself down again.
My mind turned to over-heating. so I felt the plastic screen on the side of my computer (where it normally gets hot by my GPU), and it was cool to the touch, I scratched my head, without actually being able to load my computer, I cant actually see what temps it's running at. I decided to open it up and check connections. All connections were fine, however, I noticed heat around my CPU. The pump that is suppose to keep the CPU cool was hotter then my cup of coffee which had only been poured 5 mins prior.
I'm guessing I have to re-paste my CPU, though I'm somewhat worried. I mean today was the easiest day my computer has had for a long while, normally i'm playing games alot, and I never have problems. I'm wondering if perhaps my liquid cooler could be the problem? I mean it's brand new, its a Coolmaster Maelstrom 120k, it's always done a good job, could there be a fault? The thermal paste I applied was done well too, if I do say so myself. Plus it was only applied a couple of months ago, could it really be a problem? Or am I overlooking alot of possibilites?
I dont want to keep trying to turn on my pc in case I cause any damage, but what exactly should I be doing here? Will there be dump files with it just switching itself off? I'm not getting any errors, so I honestly believe it's hardware related.
Any Idea's?
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Addition
I also forgot to mention, I have tried the computer since, and it got to the desktop, I tried to quickly get CPU-z open, or speccy, anything that might give me some readings, but the computer shut down once again. Unfortunately, I didn't even have time to click on any icons, let alone open anything.
So, I'm back, with a little problem.
Today I was taking it easy on my computer, just surfing the web, a little bit of light gaming some socialising, an easy day for my computer. I'd closed all windows as I was about to make myself a cuppa, then, my P.C shut down all by itself, my first thought was that it had short-circuited, I panicked. I couldnt see no smoke, and power was still being supplied to both my mouse and the ethernet port (my mouse has LED's in it which dont shut down when the computer turns off). So, I presumed the components were good. I wearily pushed the power button, I got my bios screen and a little happy beep, I sighed with relief but just a little too early, as the computer shuts itself down again.
My mind turned to over-heating. so I felt the plastic screen on the side of my computer (where it normally gets hot by my GPU), and it was cool to the touch, I scratched my head, without actually being able to load my computer, I cant actually see what temps it's running at. I decided to open it up and check connections. All connections were fine, however, I noticed heat around my CPU. The pump that is suppose to keep the CPU cool was hotter then my cup of coffee which had only been poured 5 mins prior.
I'm guessing I have to re-paste my CPU, though I'm somewhat worried. I mean today was the easiest day my computer has had for a long while, normally i'm playing games alot, and I never have problems. I'm wondering if perhaps my liquid cooler could be the problem? I mean it's brand new, its a Coolmaster Maelstrom 120k, it's always done a good job, could there be a fault? The thermal paste I applied was done well too, if I do say so myself. Plus it was only applied a couple of months ago, could it really be a problem? Or am I overlooking alot of possibilites?
I dont want to keep trying to turn on my pc in case I cause any damage, but what exactly should I be doing here? Will there be dump files with it just switching itself off? I'm not getting any errors, so I honestly believe it's hardware related.
Any Idea's?
Edit - Spelling
Addition
I also forgot to mention, I have tried the computer since, and it got to the desktop, I tried to quickly get CPU-z open, or speccy, anything that might give me some readings, but the computer shut down once again. Unfortunately, I didn't even have time to click on any icons, let alone open anything.
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