Hi all.
Had my PC running for quite a few years now, so I wouldn't be surprised if there is more than 1 thing wrong with it. Here's a rundown of what happened:
Installed Diablo 3.
Played large amounts of the game, and noticed PC was getting a lot hotter than usual.
About 2 weeks into playing quite a lot almost everyday, my pc shutdown due to overheating.
After leaving all components to cool back down to room temp, the pc would start up again without any problems.
From this point I started monitoring temperatures and cpu was culprit of overheating, leaving my ram extremely hot after a gaming session too. gpu was running fine though.
Another shut down a week later from overheating again, but this time the PC would not restart after cooling down. I would press the power button and only get about 1 second of fans spinning, and then its dead again. I tried this about 20 times in a row and to my amazement the PC eventually powered back on.
Two days later PC overheats again and shuts down. This time it won't come back on no matter how many times i press the power button, but I still get the 1 second fan spinning and the front case LED lighting up.
I can only think it to be one, or both of, two things - PSU is dying and needs replacing, or CPU has burnt out from the last shutdown? I am not that great with hardware troubleshooting, so I hope this enough for someone to provide some more insight into the situation.
Sorry for the wall of text,
Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
Joey
Had my PC running for quite a few years now, so I wouldn't be surprised if there is more than 1 thing wrong with it. Here's a rundown of what happened:
Installed Diablo 3.
Played large amounts of the game, and noticed PC was getting a lot hotter than usual.
About 2 weeks into playing quite a lot almost everyday, my pc shutdown due to overheating.
After leaving all components to cool back down to room temp, the pc would start up again without any problems.
From this point I started monitoring temperatures and cpu was culprit of overheating, leaving my ram extremely hot after a gaming session too. gpu was running fine though.
Another shut down a week later from overheating again, but this time the PC would not restart after cooling down. I would press the power button and only get about 1 second of fans spinning, and then its dead again. I tried this about 20 times in a row and to my amazement the PC eventually powered back on.
Two days later PC overheats again and shuts down. This time it won't come back on no matter how many times i press the power button, but I still get the 1 second fan spinning and the front case LED lighting up.
I can only think it to be one, or both of, two things - PSU is dying and needs replacing, or CPU has burnt out from the last shutdown? I am not that great with hardware troubleshooting, so I hope this enough for someone to provide some more insight into the situation.
Sorry for the wall of text,
Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
Joey