Power off issue

aron_boros

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Jun 21, 2014
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Hi,
I have a PC that randomly turns off, after 5-60 minutes of use. It could be because of the heat, in summer it does this power off thing more often compared to winter. But the PC didn't do this a year ago and it is 3-4 years old. I'm checking the temperature (with HWMonitor) and nothing is above 60-65C, 140-150F).
Is it possible that some sensor could be damaged because of the heat and now it doesn't show anything?

My PC setup:
Intel Core2 Duo E7600
Gigabyte G41MT-S2
2* Kingstone DDR3 4GB
Asus ENGTS450 DirectCU 1Gb D5

As i said, it used to work perfectly for 2-3 years and i have the same hardware (well, i bought a stronger CPU cooler and +4Gb ram for the 2nd slot). And i still play the same game, use the same OS tho...
 

aron_boros

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Jun 21, 2014
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While gaming. Can't post right now, i'm not at home. While gaming (mostly World of Warcraft) CPU and GPU doesnt go above 60-70C (~140-160F) and the motherboard has 1 or 2 sensor, i can'T remember. One is around 40 C and one is wrong, says 0 or 1 C.

I think it should be overheat, but the hardware and the usage is almost the same as it used to be when i bought the PC. Can it be the power supply (450W) or does it help if i update something? Like BIOS, or idk...