- Apr 6, 2013
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So I was exporting a HD video in Live Movie Maker and watching a fullscreen video on YouTube, everything was fine for about 20 mins, then suddenly without warning the computer powered off. No bluescreen or warning, just powered straight off. I waited a few seconds, then pressed the power button, the fans spun up for a second, then it powered off again. I switched off the mains power, waited ten seconds, then turned it back on, then waited a few more seconds, then hit power. The computer powered up but I was then informed that my CMOS (not sure what that is) settings were invalid and i should set the date and time in setup, which I did, the computer then restarted and booted fine, passed POST with 1 beep.
I'm really worried, what could have happened?? I can't afford to replace any parts, I have a gpu temp monitor and it was at 29 degrees when the power off happened, I don't know about cpu temp but it was definitely under load at the time, could it have overheated? Would that cause a power off?
Specs:
i7 920 at stock clocks with stock cooler
Geforce GTX 660 Ti at slight overclock
24gb 1600 speed ram at stock clocks
750w PSU
Foxconn Renaissance MoBo
Jeantech Luna Case
LG Super Multi Blu Optical Drive
1x 160GB HDD
1x 250GB HDD (Boot)
1X 2TB HDD
Please tell me this is nothing to worry about :S
A few extra details that may be relevent:
I recently (about 3 days ago) did some cable management work in the case and moved a lot of cables around, I didn't unplug anything though and the computer has worked fine until this incident.
The 660 Ti was installed about a week ago and has performed fine since including long periods of gaming.
At the same time I did the cable management I did a deep clean of the case and removed a lot of dust including using a clean paintbrush to get dust out of the CPU heatsink. Could I have disrupted the thermal paste?
I'm really worried, what could have happened?? I can't afford to replace any parts, I have a gpu temp monitor and it was at 29 degrees when the power off happened, I don't know about cpu temp but it was definitely under load at the time, could it have overheated? Would that cause a power off?
Specs:
i7 920 at stock clocks with stock cooler
Geforce GTX 660 Ti at slight overclock
24gb 1600 speed ram at stock clocks
750w PSU
Foxconn Renaissance MoBo
Jeantech Luna Case
LG Super Multi Blu Optical Drive
1x 160GB HDD
1x 250GB HDD (Boot)
1X 2TB HDD
Please tell me this is nothing to worry about :S
A few extra details that may be relevent:
I recently (about 3 days ago) did some cable management work in the case and moved a lot of cables around, I didn't unplug anything though and the computer has worked fine until this incident.
The 660 Ti was installed about a week ago and has performed fine since including long periods of gaming.
At the same time I did the cable management I did a deep clean of the case and removed a lot of dust including using a clean paintbrush to get dust out of the CPU heatsink. Could I have disrupted the thermal paste?
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