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Power issue ?

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ironliver

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Need PC Help

Anyone know what would be causing my PC to shutoff at random times.

Sometimes my PC will stay on for hours ~24. Sometimes it shuts off within an hour. At first i thought it was due to my chipset overheating. Reason being the fan covering that chip died. So i replaced that fan, but the shutting off still happens.

Is it the powersupply? Im kinda confused on this, because when the shutoff occurs, the lights on my motherboard and other LED's will still stay on. If i hit the power switch, nothing happens. I have to switch off the power supply switch, let it cool down, and then turn it on again. Seems like something needs to cool off?? I dont know. Can a powersupply fail in that power still comes out to power the lights, but not enough power on the computer?

Thanks for any help.
 
update...

So i replaced the fan on the chipset. That did not seem to work. If the chipset overheats, is it possible that it can cause irreversible damage to the chipset?? Or any chip for that matter. As (stupid me) turned off in the bios the auto-alert to the CPU if it gets too hot. So i was thinking maybe i fried my CPU?

I also replaced the power supply to my machine and that didnt seem to do the trick. So i guess that leaves it to damage to the motherboard or the CPU. I thought when CPU or any chip gets hot enough,. it will just crash the system... not fry the whole system???

Anyways, any help is appreciated.
 
Maybe.....your CPU is just getting hot and causing the system to shut down..or your motherboard could have gone bad.? :confused:
 
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