overheating (WXP-Pro)

[harlen]

hi, i have a preety old 2.4GHz pentium 4 2x512 corsair nvidia mx440.
my computer keeps freezing up, even when im trying to get to my bios, that all happened after i tried to play a really demanding high graphics game.
my cpu starts at 72 deg celcius and goes to 83 deg celcius and freezes.

i wanted to know whats a normal working temp and is the 83 degrees the cause of the freezes
thanks

[jdharm]

That is waaaaaay too hot. Yep, that is the cause of the freezes. And by all rights the thing should be shutting down, not just freezing.

Normal temps are 30-50 C.

Sounds like your cpu heatsink has come unseated.

Did we maybe get a little excited during this "really demanding" game and give the computer a blow to the head?

Josh

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