PC shutting down

[nihil]

Yes, you could get that sort of reaction if your CPU heatsink and fan weren't working properly. Most modern MoBos will protect the processor at the very least.

I had a problem with one of my other machines recently. It would give me random shut downs, but mostly quite soon after it was booted. Turned out to be the power supply fan wouldn't start properly sometimes.

Be sure to clean off the old thermal paste and use the silver stuff (antec, artic or whatever) .......... like I said 50c is on the high side unless you are overclocking

[r3b00+]

Thank you all, you have made good points. The problem was in fact HEAT. The CPU temp according to the BIOS was around 70C! I replaced the heatsink and fan and everything seems to working fine now (apart from failed spanned volumes 8( ), still a little on the hot side but im guessing this is because i havent replaced the thermal paste yet?

Thanks again all.

[nihil]

Replace that paste old chap!

[r3b00+]

Cheers