Hello,
I had been experiencing sporadic power failures for the last month or so, typically after running a graphics-intensive game for a couple hours. The computer would shut down and restart as if there was a power failure. There were no error messages or blue screen.
Reading through forums I decided that it might be the power supply failing, so I purchased a replacement to test out. The replacement is almost identical to my original PSU (750W instead of 700W).
After installation last night I started the computer up and during the boot up received an error message saying the CPU fan was not working, and to press F1 to proceed. I booted up the rest of the way and after running for <5 min, CoreTemp was reading at >95C. I shut down and looked over everything and couldn't find anything wrong. I booted back up and checked the fans plugged into the heatsink and both were running properly.
Despite this, the computer automatically shut down after a few minutes. When I tried to boot it back up I received the same fan message and a CPU overheating message.
Any suggestions? Is it possible to cause this sort of problem by hooking up the PSU incorrectly?
I don't have all my system specs handy, but it's an above average rig, with an i7 and a GTX 680 and plenty of RAM and VRAM.
Thanks in advance for the help!
I had been experiencing sporadic power failures for the last month or so, typically after running a graphics-intensive game for a couple hours. The computer would shut down and restart as if there was a power failure. There were no error messages or blue screen.
Reading through forums I decided that it might be the power supply failing, so I purchased a replacement to test out. The replacement is almost identical to my original PSU (750W instead of 700W).
After installation last night I started the computer up and during the boot up received an error message saying the CPU fan was not working, and to press F1 to proceed. I booted up the rest of the way and after running for <5 min, CoreTemp was reading at >95C. I shut down and looked over everything and couldn't find anything wrong. I booted back up and checked the fans plugged into the heatsink and both were running properly.
Despite this, the computer automatically shut down after a few minutes. When I tried to boot it back up I received the same fan message and a CPU overheating message.
Any suggestions? Is it possible to cause this sort of problem by hooking up the PSU incorrectly?
I don't have all my system specs handy, but it's an above average rig, with an i7 and a GTX 680 and plenty of RAM and VRAM.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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