[Creator]

Whenever I play a game (COD2, CS: Source, HL2, EQ2, etc.), even for a few minutes the computer will just have a quick jitter of sound, the screen'll go black and and then the computer will shut off/restart on me and claim that the CPU temerature is too high and it'll sit at a black screen for like 15-30 minutes before it goes to the sign-on screen. I don't see why it does this. My system specs are: (XFX) AGP GeForce 6800 Ultra (256MB), AMD Athlon 64 4000+, ASUS A8V Deluxe (AI Series) Motherboard, 2 gigs of RAM, a 430 (or 480TruePower PS...Can't remember which one), 74 GB Raptor (for Windows XP Home SP2 and other progs.), Western Digital 160 GB for games and such.....And I guess those are the only specs that really matter. Well, hopefully one of you can give me the info I need to fix this problem...Thanks.

[XEN]

Do you have enough airflow in you case?

[Creator]

Yes, I have plenty, I have the entire side taken off.

[Miller]

what kind of thermal compound did u use? what kinda hsf??

its doing that because your cpu is overheating. you can check in the bios to see what the shutdown temp is set at. get a better hsf and some arctic silver

[basketofkittens]

Originally Posted by Creator

the computer will shut off/restart on me and claim that the CPU temerature is too high

You that maybe, just maybe, your computer is trying to tell you something. You know those darn computer machines and their obscure error messages.

Maybe you should look at the CPU temps? It doesn't take a fucking genius...

[Creator]

I'm a bit of a noob to the computer world...So what's hsf? And my CPU temp. is like 79-8something degrees C....Just from booting it on, isn't that bad? And what's arctic silver?

[basketofkittens]

Ok, "79-8 something" is way too high. A HSF is a Heatsink/Fan. What type do you have? Is the fan working? Did you assemble this computer yourself?

[Creator]

You that maybe, just maybe, your computer is trying to tell you something. You know those darn computer machines and their obscure error messages.

Maybe you should look at the CPU temps? It doesn't take a fucking genius...

What's with all the hostility? I was just asking a simple question, and I already stated that it was only after a few minutes of gaming.

[Miller]

holy shit that horrible

hsf is a heatsink and fan, its what goes on your cpu to cool it off. arctic silver is a thermal compund, it goes inbetween the hsf and cpu to ensure proper heat transfer. check out www.newegg.com for parts. chances are you have a stock hsf with the shitty thermal pad.

but yea 70-80° C is horrible
50° is high

[Creator]

No, I had a computer tech. assemble it, I kinda watched him do a little of it, but I had school so I never really got to do anything hands on.

[Miller]

that doesnt mean he didnt used the shitty hsf that came with the cpu. and if you just got this built ttake it back and tell him its overheating and he's a dumbass

[Creator]

What do you think would be causing it to be so high from just booting it up?

[Miller]

I JUST TOLD YOU

[Creator]

How can just having stock fan and etc. make the temperature jump that high from just boot up though?

[Miller]

well stock hsf's are sufficient, but not having good thermal paste or no thermal paste can cause it..

poor heat transfer means it will overheat. not that hard of a concept.... whats your cpu fan's rpm's?

[Creator]

Not sure what the amount of rpm are, so I'll check that the next time I turn my comp. on, for now, I'm going....Thanks for the help so far.

[Miller]

lol might wanna fix that pretty soon cheif, those kinda temps cant be good for a cpu

[Creator]

All right....I played a game for like 10-15 minutes, and just from that my computer jumped to 113 degrees C....And my fans RPM is 3, 571.

[Miller]

hahahahaha i hope you have money to buy a new cpu

[Creator]

My CPU has been doing this since it was built, that was in early December.