I'm not well versed in computer hardware at all so when I come across issues like this I haven't the slightest clue.
Recently my computer was having some sort of issues where it would shut itself down. After some digging I discovered it was only when I had the World of Warcraft loading screen up for a period of time that it would shut itself down. So immediately I figured something odd was happening with my video card as browsing the web or playing other games wasn't causing a shut down at all.
I loaded my ATI tools (Radeon 2600HD is my card) and noticed that in fact the fans were going full out and the temperature was climbing over 80c.
I avoided the loading screen but now I am getting a crash a couple of weeks later in a specific area in the same game. After a shut down, I reached around my computer and noticed that the vent of the power supply was extremely hot. I popped off the side of my case and notice that both the power supply and video card were very hot to the touch.
Nothing else seemed too bad but I have no idea what is going on. Can a power supply overheat? Would an overheating video card push heat up into the power supply area?
The power supply is just some cheapy 550w (or 600, I forget which).
Recently my computer was having some sort of issues where it would shut itself down. After some digging I discovered it was only when I had the World of Warcraft loading screen up for a period of time that it would shut itself down. So immediately I figured something odd was happening with my video card as browsing the web or playing other games wasn't causing a shut down at all.
I loaded my ATI tools (Radeon 2600HD is my card) and noticed that in fact the fans were going full out and the temperature was climbing over 80c.
I avoided the loading screen but now I am getting a crash a couple of weeks later in a specific area in the same game. After a shut down, I reached around my computer and noticed that the vent of the power supply was extremely hot. I popped off the side of my case and notice that both the power supply and video card were very hot to the touch.
Nothing else seemed too bad but I have no idea what is going on. Can a power supply overheat? Would an overheating video card push heat up into the power supply area?
The power supply is just some cheapy 550w (or 600, I forget which).