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Dec 30 2004 12:17 AM GMT
by dwiebesick
If in fact that warning message appeared after an automatic shutdown, it means that your processor initiated the shutdown because it sensed an over temp [correctly or incorrectly as i have seen faulty P4 chips that would do this]. You should ensure that you have installed the processor correctly [including the correct cooling fan with the thermal interface material] and that your cooling fan is still working. As I stated before, I have had bad P4 which would shut down randomly with this problem and the fix was a CPU replacement.
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I am facing a strange problem with my win 2000 server pc(256mb RAM, P4, 40gb hdd) as it automatically restarts when I start the computer. Yesterday it completely shut down before showing me the desktop and when I pressed the power button the initial screen came up showing message "the processor stopped working due to overheating", press f1 to continue and del to setup. It also has one partition loaded with win xp professional. The Power meter end program and explorer.exe end program comes up everytime I shut down the computer. Can anyone help/advise to solve this problem? 
