Can a ssd overheat so much that my computer restarts? EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

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seanm1999

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I have a samsung 950 pro ssd and it is situated in the only m.2 slot.(which is beneath my gpu slot) I was curious if it could be the cause of the crashing(random restarts without any pattern) since when i put my hand to it for more than 10 seconds it kinda burns which raised a red flag to me. Couldn't seem to find any info on whether or not it could shut down windows so i was just seeing if someone knew.


Also I have looked online and it seems like a lot of peoples 950 pros are throttling so i may have to order some heatsinks im assuming.

EDIT: I also have not had a single crash for hours while the case has been open however before i took the case panel off it crashed once today and many times before in the past.
 
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Yes it's a known problem (which is why it is being addressed in new motherboards http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/msi-200-series-m-2-heatsink,news-54311.html)

Try using a pcie heatsink or side fan to improve it https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Samsung-950-Pro-M-2-Additional-Cooling-Testing-795/
 
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Cool according to some other people this works and cools it down like 10-20c https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P6Z2BQU . I am not gonna buy a new motherboard for msi's new shield. I didnt buy this godlike gaming carbon to have to get another mb about half a year or more later. Thanks for answering this cause I just was thinking my ssd could be the problem.
 
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Yeah but that doesnt show real life stress cause i game and the godlike carbon has no form of connectivity for a cpus integrated graphics. I think i will just download something and see the temps
 
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I agree. Was just pointing out that MSI have acknowledged it was a problem, but getting a new board when you have such a good one would be crazy.

Thos heatsinks will help I would think, but the more area you cover with them the more it'll help. If you can couple that with some extra air flow it should lower temps a lot.

A PCIe slot fan could be an idea too http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835888112
 
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The way I have my cooler situated makes that tough to use so I think the heatsink should be plenty. By the way I ran crystal diskmark and had hwmonitor reading temps. I saw a highest temp of 59 celcius(im assuming thats not good especially since i have no panel on)

 
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