system overheat and crash

greetings,
i got a new VA-10 and have an Athlon XP 1700+ in a Lian-li case with
four fans- two front two rear. I have a power off crash after between
two minutes and 3 1/2 hours depending on how long i wait to power back
up. generally i crash after 90-110 minutes, and need the same for
cooling to return to usable. Any clues? I never had this problem
before. No UPS, but im' considering one. I'm also going to add a
Vantec Stealth 120mm to the top of the case for add'l cooling. any
other similar expeiences?
TIA

"Jefry Sharp" <jefry.52 DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message...
 > i got a new VA-10 and have an Athlon XP 1700+ in a Lian-li case
 > with four fans- two front two rear. I have a power off crash after
 > between two minutes and 3 1/2 hours depending on how long i wait
 > to power back up. generally i crash after 90-110 minutes, and need
 > the same for cooling to return to usable. Any clues? I never had this
 > problem before. No UPS, but im' considering one. I'm also going to
 > add a Vantec Stealth 120mm to the top of the case for add'l cooling.
 > any other similar expeiences?

You've given us a bit of information there Jefry, but absolutely none of the
stuff we really need to know to build up a picture of what's happening.

When you say it's a system overheat causing the crashes, what makes you say
that? Are you monitoring the system and CPU temperatures with Motherboard
Monitor (or similar)? If so, what's overheating, the system, or the CPU?

What do you mean by allowing the "cooling to return to usable"? Are you
saying that the in-case temps go so high that the system is losing
stability, even with four case fans plus the PSU? If so, what happens if you
take the side of the case off?

As things stand case air temperature doesn't sound like the likeliest cause
of your problem, as you'd need uncontrolled nuclear fission, or an Intel
Prescott processor in there to generate as much heat as you're making out.
Hence it'd be good to know what sort of numbers you're talking about.
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