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Saber Cherry said:
I'm going to guess that your motherboard was made in Taiwan with defective capacitors. Look at the board and see if any are bulging or leaking. They should be perfect cylinders. Of course, even if it looks fine, I'm still going to guess that's the problem.
If there is a heat problem, you can probably solve it by underclocking the CPU or video card, which is a lot easier than messing around with stuff inside the case.
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I actually checked the capacitors on the motherboard a while ago once I heard about that fiasco. Nothing seems out of place. I also don't think my motherboard was manufactured by one of the companies that were using the cheap, stolen electrolyte solution, so it shouldn't be an issue in any case. But I think I'll check again just to be sure.
Personally, I quite enjoy mucking around with the hardware.
I'd rather get a bit more ventilation in there rather than underclock anything. More fun!
NullAshton, I don't have an ATI video card. I have a Nvidia 6600 GT manufactured by BFG. Good steady card, no problems so far except for this heat issue if that's what it is.
Thanks everyone for suggestions so far. I think I'll work on the assumption (for now) that it's a heat issue, but also check the motherboard angle. If anyone has any other suggestions for the cause, please feel free to let me know!
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