Brighter Hell
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Every once in a while when i'm playing games or even sometimes playing videos in windows media player or burning a cd, the computer will freeze. the CPU temp is usually in the high 60s celcius when this happens, which i didn't think was hot enough to overheat the system. i'm also wondering why it gets that hot in the first place. here are my system's specs:
- Athlon XP 1600+
- ASUS A7A 266 board
- 256 MB DDR RAM
- CPU fan with copper heat sink, 1 exhaust case fan
- nvidia geforce2 32 MB video card
- SB Live! 5.1 sound card
- Altec Lansing 5.1 speakers total 90 watts
- Seagate 40 GB HD
- ATX mid-tower with 280 watt power supply
- LG 16x10x40 CDRW
the computer idles at about 58-60 C. when i take the side cover off that drops into the low 50s. but even sometimes when the cover's off it heats up enough to freeze everything when i'm running a program. i installed a case fan at the back, but that doesn't seem to be making much of a difference, at least to the idle temp.
okay, questions:
why does the system run so hot?
should the system be able to handle those temperatures?
could it be a power supply issue? would a, say, 400 watt power supply help?
or the video card? it's a geforce2 and it doesn't have a fan - just a heat sink. i just moved the sound card down a slot to give the video card some more breathing room.
when a computer overheats it normally shuts down, right? why is mine simply freezing?
any other advice? thanks.
- Athlon XP 1600+
- ASUS A7A 266 board
- 256 MB DDR RAM
- CPU fan with copper heat sink, 1 exhaust case fan
- nvidia geforce2 32 MB video card
- SB Live! 5.1 sound card
- Altec Lansing 5.1 speakers total 90 watts
- Seagate 40 GB HD
- ATX mid-tower with 280 watt power supply
- LG 16x10x40 CDRW
the computer idles at about 58-60 C. when i take the side cover off that drops into the low 50s. but even sometimes when the cover's off it heats up enough to freeze everything when i'm running a program. i installed a case fan at the back, but that doesn't seem to be making much of a difference, at least to the idle temp.
okay, questions:
why does the system run so hot?
should the system be able to handle those temperatures?
could it be a power supply issue? would a, say, 400 watt power supply help?
or the video card? it's a geforce2 and it doesn't have a fan - just a heat sink. i just moved the sound card down a slot to give the video card some more breathing room.
when a computer overheats it normally shuts down, right? why is mine simply freezing?
any other advice? thanks.