psu failure

maddogl · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:54 pm

well it rarely goes above 50 degrees but that is when i have been heavily gaming for more than an hour it will just close all of the programs and then restarts but this was when i has a fan on the side panel blowing down onto the cpu i did not look at the temp before this but i moved it to the front and the temps in idle have been reduced by about 5 degrees

i think might of been damaging the cpu with the fan on the side panel

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:07 pm

maddogl wrote:

well it rarely goes above 50 degrees but that is when i have been heavily gaming for more than an hour it will just close all of the programs and then restarts but this was when i has a fan on the side panel blowing down onto the cpu i did not look at the temp before this but i moved it to the front and the temps in idle have been reduced by about 5 degrees

i think might of been damaging the cpu with the fan on the side panel

I'm no physicist, but having a fan blowing air IN means that all the heat inside doesn't get much of a chance to get sucked OUT...

maddogl · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:26 pm

Blokeymon wrote:

maddogl wrote:

well it rarely goes above 50 degrees but that is when i have been heavily gaming for more than an hour it will just close all of the programs and then restarts but this was when i has a fan on the side panel blowing down onto the cpu i did not look at the temp before this but i moved it to the front and the temps in idle have been reduced by about 5 degrees

i think might of been damaging the cpu with the fan on the side panel

I'm no physicist, but having a fan blowing air IN means that all the heat inside doesn't get much of a chance to get sucked OUT...

i have now configured it with a intake at the front of the case so it is in front of the main hdd and an exhaust at the rear

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:28 pm

maddogl wrote:

Blokeymon wrote:

maddogl wrote:

well it rarely goes above 50 degrees but that is when i have been heavily gaming for more than an hour it will just close all of the programs and then restarts but this was when i has a fan on the side panel blowing down onto the cpu i did not look at the temp before this but i moved it to the front and the temps in idle have been reduced by about 5 degrees

i think might of been damaging the cpu with the fan on the side panel

I'm no physicist, but having a fan blowing air IN means that all the heat inside doesn't get much of a chance to get sucked OUT...

i have now configured it with a intake at the front of the case so it is in front of the main hdd and an exhaust at the rear

I'm no physicist, but that sounds like the best way to do it. :yes:

maddogl · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:30 pm

do you think i could have caused damage to the cpu with the heat?

also something that could be off point if i had 1 intake and 3 exhaust would that be good or ok at running cool (intake at the front and exhaust at the rear)

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:01 pm

In my opinion, you can never have too many exhausts. You can, however, have too many intakes. Sounds like you've struck right now.

As for lasting damage, I think if you had you'd have seen it. Chances are once it settles, it'll be fine.

maddogl · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:50 pm

Blokeymon wrote:

In my opinion, you can never have too many exhausts. You can, however, have too many intakes. Sounds like you've struck right now.

As for lasting damage, I think if you had you'd have seen it. Chances are once it settles, it'll be fine.

right i get the idea http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/comp ... -kwn1.html this was the case i was talking about so no intake on the side but keep the one on the front and have 2 exhausts on top and 1 on the back

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 2:06 am

Random restarts aren't necessarily caused by hardware problems. Next time it happens, open the Event Viewer> Windows Logs> System> then look for a line flagged as 'Critical' that happened at the time your computer restarted. Screenshot it and post it here.

maddogl · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:09 am

where can i find this event viewer or is it on the control panel

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:52 pm

Click the start button and in the search box, just type Event Viewer

maddogl · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:36 pm

i think i did not cause any damage to it as it has not shut down (by its self). on another not i think i am gonna upgrade to a full new system, i am gonna try build my own i have totted up the price to £200 for the basics of what i want it to have.

amd 4100
cooler master mid case 430
8 gb 1333 mhz ram
GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P AMD 760G
i already have a psu but i was origanaly wondering if i was best of buying a new one because of the voltages
i have a hdd os and basic gfx card

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