HybridFrost
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Howdy all. Just recently I ordered parts in from newegg to build a new desktop and after much time spent wiring everything together with a friend, the pc was ready to do some damage. We turned it on and started to run the xp installation. About halfway through the computer randomly shut off so we tried again and again. What we found to be happening is that the computer would shut off about 12 seconds after being turned on. If I gave it more time to rest, it seemed to squeeze out up to a minute. We wen to his house, tested the machine with multiple power supplies and the same deal happened. We pulled out all unnecessary parts 1 at a time and tested each part until it came down to the bare minimum and it seemed to be that it was a mother board or processor issue. Both the 180mm fan in the case and the heat sink fan were on and working, along with the mobo fan. Today I borrowed a fan and with the case open and exposed, i blasted cold air into the tower in an attempt to see if it really was an overheating issue. Well this time, the pc ran for about 12 minutes and then shut down. I restarted it and with the fan still blowing I would squeeze out about 2-3 minutes before it shut down. What should I do? Is the processor really overheating due to perhaps the heatsink not being 100% in place or the thermal compound maybe not working? Is the temperature sensor on the motherboard busted, making the whole thing a DOA? Is the processor just busted and heating up too much when it shouldn't be? Impart your infinite wisdom upon me. And my apologies if the thread should be somewhere else, I am brand new.
Machine Specs:
Athenatech A601BS.450 Black / Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800BPBOX
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory Model VS2GBKIT400C3
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
LG Black E-IDE/ATAPI DVD-ROM Multi Read Drive Model GDR-8164BK
Radeon x1600 pro 512mb ddr2
Machine Specs:
Athenatech A601BS.450 Black / Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800BPBOX
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory Model VS2GBKIT400C3
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
LG Black E-IDE/ATAPI DVD-ROM Multi Read Drive Model GDR-8164BK
Radeon x1600 pro 512mb ddr2