Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:34:54 -0400 From: Yousuf Khan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Major PC hardware failure References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: bas11-ottawa23-1128668341.dsl.bell.ca Message-ID: <4d9d3ef4@news.bnb-lp.com> X-Trace: news.bnb-lp.com 1302150900 bas11-ottawa23-1128668341.dsl.bell.ca (7 Apr 2011 00:35:00 -0400) Organization: Send abuse or DMCA complaints to abuse@bnb-lp.com Lines: 26 X-Authenticated-User: vfa100 X-DMCA-Complaints: Send abuse or DMCA complaints to abuse@bnb-lp.com X-DMCA-Complaints: The subject line should contain only the 4 letters DMCA Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news.bnb-lp.com!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.intel:55 On 06/04/2011 11:21 PM, Puddin' Man wrote: > The system gives the following message: > > "The CPU was previously shutdown due to a thermal event(overheating) > Service the unit right away to resolve this" > > and soon shuts down all power. > > I need to restore the system to functionality, but hardly know where to start. > Any/all help would be much appreciated. > > TIA, > Puddin' > > "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." Check out this posting: CPU was shutdown due to a thermal event (Overheating) - GIDForums "The problem was with the power pin connecting to the motherboard. It was not proper, and is too hot, which caused all these problems." http://www.gidforums.com/t-8183.html It seems perhaps the power supply was faulty. Yousuf Khan