I took my cpu fan and heat sink off and cleaned all the dust build up off of it and now it seems like everything is running fine.

I never thought that dust could cause a problem like this.

Well I guess I learned something new today.

I just looked at the cpu fan and its pretty dirty.
Could this be causing anything?

I am going to shut it down and take the fan off and clean it up.

Ok i left everest running and left one side of my computer off and started playing age of empires. I would check the cpu temp about every two minutes and in about 10 min. it rose up to 73 degrees C. So i shut off the game and came and posted this info and right now its at 72 degrees C. Is my cpu get...

OK I just downloaded Everest home and it says that my +12v voltage is at 12.22.

And my hd temp is 42 degrees C and my processor temp is 68 degrees C.

Another thing i just checked on pc wizard is that the +12v voltage right now is 11.67 Does this have anything to do with it?

I'm new to the forum and I need some help. Lately, and I mean within the last month or two my computer will just shut off on me during gameplay. It is fine while im surfing or using other programs, but if im playing a game it will shut off. It doesnt matter which game either. It will shut off on a h...