[wellylug] Computers Overheating?

Lindsay Hunter klhunter at paradise.net.nz
Sat Nov 29 14:11:26 NZDT 2003


Overheating and compenentsburning out are two different things perhaps.  
Can you mb monitor voltages as well as temps?  Is the external supply 
reliable. Voltage surges might be large enough to cause these syptoms?  
Which components have 'burnt?'

Lindsay

Jethro Carr wrote:

>hi,
>
>A pc I built for my brother has developed a problem where after a few
>weeks, components get burned out.I've had to send it back for repairs,
>about 6 times...
>
>I checked the temperatures in the bios, after the pc restarted for no
>apparent reason, as I believe that the system is overheating, and then
>restarting.
>
>The cpu was:	45°c
>The system was:	42°c
>
>Is this a bit hot for the system to be running at?
>I have an AMD Duron processor...
>
>
>thanks,
>
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