I'm having a really frustrating problem with a system I built for a friend. It keeps shutting itself off, then when I reboot it the first screen says 'the system was shut down due to a thermal event.' It shuts down randomly. Sometimes it runs for hours, sometimes it shuts off before Windows has even booted. It always shuts off if I load a game.
P4 @ 3.0
Intel D865GLCLK
1Gb Kingston DDR433
Sapphire 9800 Pro
400 watt Allied ps
I've installed a front fan, a back fan, a side fan, a two fan power supply (bottom and back), and the new CoolerMaster Jet 4 on the CPU all to fix this stupid problem. I'm not even overclocking. The temperature readout in the bios stays around 100 in the CPU zone, and 86 in zone 1 and 2.
Swapping out the CPU didn't fix the problem. If I take the video card out, the problem seems to go away. I've taken the fan off the card and replaced the thermal grease to no avail. Should I RMA the video card? I've been at this for a week. If anyone has any ideas, please help.
P4 @ 3.0
Intel D865GLCLK
1Gb Kingston DDR433
Sapphire 9800 Pro
400 watt Allied ps
I've installed a front fan, a back fan, a side fan, a two fan power supply (bottom and back), and the new CoolerMaster Jet 4 on the CPU all to fix this stupid problem. I'm not even overclocking. The temperature readout in the bios stays around 100 in the CPU zone, and 86 in zone 1 and 2.
Swapping out the CPU didn't fix the problem. If I take the video card out, the problem seems to go away. I've taken the fan off the card and replaced the thermal grease to no avail. Should I RMA the video card? I've been at this for a week. If anyone has any ideas, please help.