Re: Windows XP computer shutting down

[Timothy Carter]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:00:20 +0000, Special Access wrote:

> I have a MSI motherboard for my AMD 4800+, and recently it has started
> shutting down when I try to burn a DVD. If I don't try to burn any
> CD/DVDs, then the computer will run for days. But as soon as I try to
> burn a CD/DVD, then it shuts down.
>
> I have replaced the 400w PS with a 650w, and the burner (with the same
> model) and have reinstalled the burning software. I would use the
> build-in burning capability, but I need to retain the original file
> dates and can't find that information in XP anywhere so that hasn't
> been tested to see if it shuts down the PC.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts as to where to go from here? mobo?!?
>
> Thanks
> Mike

Sounds like a similar problem I experienced with a P4 MB; I had a cheapo
fan/heatsink on the CPU, and one side had broken - thus little contact
from the CPU to the heatsink. I had similar issues to yours; the PC would
run fine for days, but as soon as I tried to do anything processor
intensive (like video, or burning a DVD) it would shut down.

Hope this helps;
Tim