Yet another problem

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John R. Sellers

Whenever I run a program thats a bit heavy on the CPU (i.e.: AVG), my PC
shuts down. It just started this a few hours ago

My Power Management is set to "Always On", and the fans are running.
 
John said:
Whenever I run a program thats a bit heavy on the CPU (i.e.: AVG),
my PC shuts down. It just started this a few hours ago

My Power Management is set to "Always On", and the fans are running.
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Sounds like it's overheating to me. Have you checked your cooling?
 
Cerridwen said:
Sounds like it's overheating to me. Have you checked your cooling?
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Last night the fan was blowing out warm air. Today, it's blowing out cool
air (so far).

The fan is a chasis fan. A heatsink won't fit because of where the CPU is.
If you've seen inside a Dell Dimension 2350, you know what I'm talkin'
about.
 
John R. Sellers said:
Last night the fan was blowing out warm air. Today, it's blowing out cool
air (so far).

The fan is a chasis fan. A heatsink won't fit because of where the CPU is.
If you've seen inside a Dell Dimension 2350, you know what I'm talkin'
about.
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Could also be a failing power supply.

How about more details about the PC (CPU speed/type, etc.)
 
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