speedfan question

[moussaka]

sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, i thought it was relevant.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/8500/untitled2jy1.png
(cpu was at 100% from an emulator)
that is a screenshot my friend took. his computer has been randomly rebooting for months now, but it recently stopped for a month and just today it started again. Is that temp3 the chipset? I am assuming it is.

he has a gigabyte ga-k8nf-9 (http://www.mcmcomputers.co.uk/images/mmoobboophoto_k8nf-9_big.jpg) his is the one with a fanless cooler. now, we thought this was the problem before, so he put a big fan on the side of his case, but it still rebooted. would a smaller 80mm or so case fan somehow ghetto mounted work better?

 

[cornelious0_0]

Best bet would be to unmount the NB cooler if possible and re-apply some thermal compound...an more direct source of airflow wouldn't hurt...but I'm leaning more to the fact that it could be something else.

What are the rest of the specs of this system...I've experienced random re-boots due to overheating/cheap power supplies, memory timings, you name it...get us some specs and aside from that, try some fresh compound (after cleaning the old stuff) on the NB and see if it's possible to get a fan mounted a little closer.