My computer reboots everytime it gets hot, what is the problem?

Answer 1

What leads you to the conclusion that you have an overheating problem?

Heat related issue

Many computer today are designed to turn off or automatically reboot if the computer, processor, or other device in your computer gets to hot. If you have heard any abnormal noises coming from your computer recently such as a high squealing this could indicate a fan may be failing in your computer.

You can first start by verifying the fan on the power supply is working by examining the back of the computer and seeing if the fan is moving and moving smoothly. For all other fans in the computer you will need to either open the computer and make sure the fan are working (processor fan and case fan) and/or if your BIOS monitors the RPM of the fans enter BIOS and make sure the BIOS does not report any errors.

Users may also be able to determine how hot their computer is by onboard thermal sensors, if your computer comes equipped with these sensors make sure your CPU is not running to hot, additional information about how hot your CPU should be running can be found on document CH000687. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000605.htm

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Make it a great day!

Answer 2

This is actually a safeguard design by the motherboard in your computer to prevent further damage to the CPU or central processing unit. Essentially, it works like this. You run your computer and spurts of electricity surge throught he Central processing unit. Because of this, the CPU tends to heat up. The CPU fan (located above the CPU) attempts to cool it down that way it doesn't melt and and destroy itself. If the fan can't cool it down enough, the motherboard has a safegard function in which it restarts the computer, therefore causing the CPU to work less, inevitebly allowing it to cool down.

Think of the CPU as the brain. If the brain works too hard and doesnt get enough sleep, your body (the motherboard) releases hormones such as ocytocin to induce sleep therefore preventing your brain from encountering any sleep induced damage.


Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Sounds like either your fan is not working at all or is dirty. I had a problem with my fan and had to take it out and clean it. My mistake was using my laptop on my lap with a blanket. When the fan was on it would pull a bunch of lint and crap in from the blanket and make it over heat.

Answer 4

Bro!!!!! That is serious men! try to open up your computer ! and survey the CPU hardwares,maybe theres a problem in the propeller device inside it,that might be the cause.As you have said,it gets hot.It's in it!

Answer 5

Get some canned air and blow the case out .You might also try buying a better cooling fan.Your hard drive might be getting ready to quit. (its always a good idea to back-up things you don't want to lose to a cd disk.

Answer 6

attempt forcing a shutdown by using establishing the command instant (form cmd into the beginning up menu seek container for homestead windows vista/7 or initiate>Run and form cmd into the run container for XP, then hit enter) form right here into the command instant: shutdown -s -t 00 See if that works for you.

Answer 7

If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.