Power Meter and Processor overheating
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Power Meter and Processor overheating
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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?
ASKED: Dec 30 2004  6:56 AM GMT
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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.
Last Answered: Dec 30 2004  12:17 AM GMT by dwiebesick   1760 pts.
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habiru   0 pts.  |   Dec 31 2004  8:31AM GMT

Why don’t you enter the bios when you start the machine and view the temps before going any further. You can usually view the temperature and voltages under PC Health Status or something similar. Next, if it is running hot, check your fans, processor seating etc.

 
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