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Originally Posted by Johnhef
The other computer was a homemade one- it was pretty quick, 1.8gig something but always had a problem of randomly shutting off without warning. It got to the point where i couldnt install windows on it, hell i couldnt even get past the few opening screens without it turning off.
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Oh. That's a classic sign of overheating. Is the fan functioning properly? Perhaps the heatsink is not mounted square on the processor? It would be worth $20 to get a new heatsink and thermal paste and try getting it running again. At least the chip isn't fried since it does start for a short period of time.