comp shutting itslef down

[old.Avatar261]

PC spec is:

Athlon XP1700
I will ka266-R mobo
audigy platinum ex
ati rage 64ddr vivo
256mb crucial ddr ram
20 GIG ata100 HDD
13gig udma66 HDD
8x DVD drive
4x4x32 CD ReWriter

What happens is the PC will just turn itself off after a couple of minutes. I have a standard 300watt PSU.

I think that this is the problem.

however i just wanted to check. Let me know what you think

Thanks in advance

 

[FuZor]

assuming it a good qulaity PSU then no. I'm pretty sure It aint a psu problem!

Check tmp on heat sink, 60 degrees or below is ACCEPTABLE but not great. More and you've found the problem!
Also check to make sure all the fans are moving. My rig shuts down if the fans drop speed or even stop


I have a 1300 T-Bird, 64VIVO DDR Radeon, Audigy Platinum, Pioneer slot DVD rom, Cheapo CD-RW 512 Ram 20 Gig main 40 Gig slave. All on 300W er with 3 system fans running off it, and my laser bay!!! No problem

 

[Xavier]

what heatsink is on the processor? xp's are pretty hot chips - if it's getting too hot the system will shut itself down...

 

[FuZor]

I thought they were cooler than t-birds???

 

[SoWat]

Does the shutdown correspond to the screensaver kicking in?

 

[Xavier]

I don't know about cooler but they go up in smoke at lower temperatures!

 

[FuZor]

Originally posted by Xavier
I don't know about cooler but they go up in smoke at lower temperatures!

lol

 

[Xavier]

hehe, I've got some photo evidence if you want a laugh...

am getting images enabled in this forum asap so I can post some interesting pics in general

 

[FuZor]

Cool, I know someone who built a T-Bird system without connecting power to the fan. Apparently it melted the components underneath the CPU. But the CPU still worked!!! How well I don't know!!!

Avatar261 if there is smoke coming from your PC then you know whats up!