Overheating....

[GeoffM]

Computer.
You thought I was talking about cars, didn't you?
Anyway, I came home and started watching Hulu. Got right up to the climax of the episode, and my computer shut off. Tried restarting it. Started up for about a minute, and shut off. I was thinking power supply or it overheated. I was able to start it up and get into the bios. I made sure it wasn't overclocked, and that the fans were turned up all the way. I also turned off H/T.
Still wouldn't stay running past the bios.
So I took it outside, and went at it with my air compressor. Huge clouds of dust (remember what dust is made of?) emanated from my case. Put it all back together, and it worked. I'm still running without a side cover though.
So, Has anybody else ever had this happen? I'm usually pretty good about cleaning off the outside of it, because the grills over the fans act like air filters.

[ibr_adam09]

So, Has anybody else ever had this happen?

Nope. I know how computers hate heat. I keep them clean and clear from any obstacle.

[Leung]

My computer has four 120mm fans. one to cool the HDD, one to pull air from the rear and two to blow it out the top. It always run around 55 to 61 degrees F depending on how warm the room is.

[GeoffM]

My computer has four 120mm fans. one to cool the HDD, one to pull air from the rear and two to blow it out the top. It always run around 55 to 61 degrees F depending on how warm the room is.

3 120mm
a forth in the P/S
1 240mm for the top of the case.
Space for another 120, but I left it alone for now.
Also have ports for water cooling, should I decide to go that route

[Leung]

3 120mm
a forth in the P/S
1 240mm for the top of the case.
Space for another 120, but I left it alone for now.
Also have ports for water cooling, should I decide to go that route

I don't trust water cooling for a computer yet, i'm always afraid that it will spring a leak somewhere ruining everything.

I once saw a segment on G4 back in the day where they took the guts of a computer and submerged it in a tank of cooking oil. things like the power supply, HDD and disc drive were kept out but the cooking oil seemed to be non conductive and it kept the mobo and processor cool.

[almostJDM]

nope I have 3x 200mm fans, 1x230mm fan and liquid cooling with the radiator having a 140mm fan and 2 fans on the ram

[tru2037]

c'mon you're in Michigan! Just pack some snow around it! j/k!

I had W/C'd mine for awhile - it ran a bit warmer but never went above a certain temp (can't remember actual temp), kinda a hassle. Heat pipes w/ sufficient cooling will work just as well. IDK your setup but for instance my video cards were factory set to kick the fans on @ a very high temp, a bit too hot I thought so now the fans are a little louder but maybe your fans are just at idle speeds? Worst comes to worst, I have took the side off and placed a house fan blowing on her....

I did build a PC once where there was a air filter on the air intake... maybe yours too?

PC coolant is not conductive, there's a vid somewhere where a guy pours it directly on a running mb.

[GeoffM]

c'mon you're in Michigan! Just pack some snow around it! j/k!

I had W/C'd mine for awhile - it ran a bit warmer but never went above a certain temp (can't remember actual temp), kinda a hassle. Heat pipes w/ sufficient cooling will work just as well. IDK your setup but for instance my video cards were factory set to kick the fans on @ a very high temp, a bit too hot I thought so now the fans are a little louder but maybe your fans are just at idle speeds? Worst comes to worst, I have took the side off and placed a house fan blowing on her....

I did build a PC once where there was a air filter on the air intake... maybe yours too?

PC coolant is not conductive, there's a vid somewhere where a guy pours it directly on a running mb.

We have no more snow. It's just cold.
So far so good. I think it was just the processor cooling fins clogged with debris.

[tru2037]

I know, I just moved from there. I had got a huge CPU cooler from newegg for half off in their open box section, pretty kick ass deals there.

[almostJDM]

lol I have this huge cpu cooler that came with my AMD phenom 2 X4 970 Black Edition cpu but never even installed it because I went strait for ICO's liquid cooling unit which is amazing keeps temps around 28 degrees C.

[C91BLX7]

[GeoffM]

What happened there?
Also, I spent a good minute or two trying to find a secret pic in that.

[Accrdwgnguy]

c'mon man you call yourself a nerd, you should know that you have to clean out the dust every 4-6 months. I fact I think I have to clean out my laptop soon.

[texasvtak]

c'mon man you call yourself a nerd, you should know that you have to clean out the dust every 4-6 months. I fact I think I have to clean out my laptop soon.

[GeoffM]

c'mon man you call yourself a nerd, you should know that you have to clean out the dust every 4-6 months. I fact I think I have to clean out my laptop soon.