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Old 07-29-2010, 10:49 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by ws6ta View Post
the cpu fan the top 2 screws are kind of loose. I can't get them to screw into place. the bottom two are fine. Maybe this is what is causing the problem?
That is absolutely the problem.

Without a heatsink mounted properly, the CPU will overheat very rapidly. You're lucky that nowadays, most motherboards have built in thermal protection where it will automatically shut the system down if it exceeds a threshold.
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