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Some problems

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r_a_s88

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I have had my new computer a little over 3 weeks now and have some major issues that need to be resolved.

1) My computer restarts randomly. I am pretty sure this is a heat-safety thing from the motherboard, because I think the motherboard is set at 100*F and when I go into the BIOS after the restart it says the core temp is somewhere around 95*F. I have an 80mm fan sucking into the case in front, an 80mm blowhole on top blowing out, and an 80mm in back blowing out. is there wanything else I can do to remedy this? I have a 70mm CPU fan which I will be upgrading to a 70mm rip-driven fan tonight. This should help, but I want your opinion.

2) Ultima Online: Age of Shadows tends to error out on multiple occasions. One time, i sent an error report and the site said it was a driver error, but I have upgraded to the latest drivers from nVidia.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Please, people, I need help before I end up overheating sometime and screwing something up.
 
Well, aside from general airflow issues like terrible cable routing, the fans should be enough flow not to be the problem. The biggest thing that comes to mind is improper installation of the cpu heatsink/fan. Check things like proper mounting, damaged heatsink mounting surface to the cpu(scratched/pitts), too much/little A.S. goop.
 
Raise your temp setting a little higher. Do a little googling and see what the common operating temp is for your processor first. My AMD operates right around 119*F.
 
Well uh.. set your mobo's max CPU safety temp to something much much higher. 100 is quite cool for most CPUs...

Check your bios.
 
reagrding your Air Flow questions, look in the Tweak Guide stickied to the top of the G[H] forum and look under the "General Hardware" (i think it's called) section, there should be an airflowtweakguide there.
 
I checked my BIOS, and there is nowhere to set the shutoff temp for the mobo. The mobo in my sig is my mobo (obviously) and the BIOS, according to CPU-Z, is American Megatrends Version 07.00T and the date listed is 4/2/01. I hope I don't need to flash my BIOS.
 
I rearranged some cables, and it sems to me that it is a heat problem causing the restarts. All I have to solve now is the driver issue with UO
 
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