Built a PC some months ago, facing automatic shutdown, temperature issue?

chankey007

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I built a PC some months ago, it worked fine, but now it's summer time and temperature is 45 °C here in Jaipur, India. When I start playing BF3 after 20-25 minutes my UPS starts beeping and system turns off imediately. When I touch CPU it's very hot. This is the report of my system taken after a sudden shutdown (Image: http://i.imgur.com/aZXOxy0.jpg Text: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=b4DrfyYx). And here is the report after playing BF3 for 20 minutes, when UPS started beeping I noted this down (Image: http://i.imgur.com/K5rTwLN.jpg Text: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=TU198LyC). Please see this report and let me know is the temperature too much high? What should I do about it?

PS: This could be a voltage issue in my area, or an issue with the UPS (I bought this about 15 days ago) but I want to know whether the temperature of my system is fine or not? If not I'll buy a better cooling fan or a better UPS.


CPU: AMD FX-8350

PSU: Corsair VS550 550 Watt

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

UPS: 600va
 

chankey007

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What do you mean by "tripping the thermal protection?" Sorry I'm new to these things.
 

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In your BIOS/UEFI there should be settings regarding the maximum allowable temperature of the motherboard and CPU. Yours is probably set to shut off at ~120°C if that component gets too hot which protects it from damage.

If you have another means of reading the temperature of that part of your motherboard, you may be able to determine if it really is getting that hot or if the sensor is reporting false readings. If it is reporting false readings, you may be able to increase your maximum allowable temperature in BIOS/UEFI so it doesn't shut down. If it is verifiably getting too hot, you may need to replace that component or get a better cooling solution for it.
 

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So ~120 is not a normal temperature for motherboard? If you see the CPU and GPU's temperature, that is fine I think, so can I ignore motherboard's temperature or should I take an immediate action?