Rebooting due to high temp?

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USMC_Grunt

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My computer (see sig below, its old but I'm broke) has recently been rebooting when I'm playing a game or just recently while installing FS2004 during the landscape extracting. It will idle at around 54 to 55C so that is what I believe to be the problem, but I'm not sure since I've been reading that other people get temps around 70C. Right now I'm just thinking of cleaning my heatsink/processor and reapplying some thermal paste. I also got a new power supply a while back because my computer was rebooting from lack of power, so I'm pretty sure thats not the problem. Is this the only thing I can do or does anyone else have a better idea besides getting a new computer? Thanks.
 
If your idle temps are 50something, yeah you are probably rebooting due to temps. Athlons shouldn't get that hot. Clean that system out. Well, actually post pics first. That case has to look like a gorilla on the inside.

/edit: Also, based on your mobo listed in your sig, you may have bad caps on your mobo. Look and see if any are bulged at the top and/or oozing stuff. This would also cause instability (and eventually total inability to POST).
 
Well that doesn't sound to good, I'm going to have to check that out. But so far after giving the proc, HS, fan and some other areas a thorough cleaning and also reapplying thermal paste, I have it down to 43C. So that was part of the problem. I'll have to check it out more, but thanks for the advice.
 
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