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I cleaned all the dust out of it, there was a lot.... this did not help the problem. It still restarts. As for the power source, this is what I have IS IT GOOD ENOUGH?? Brand: Powerup 115/230V~.8/4A 60/50Hz Output: 350W ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?? REINSTALL WINDOWS XP?? THANKS

It seems that it is working okay. I have a computer casing that has a window in the side and the fan is attached to that. I can see it spinning. The only thing I can think of is that when I unpluged the fan to clean the inside of the cpu I did not connect it back correctly. I will take er'...

Someone else mentioned to me that it maybe the power supply. I am not sure of brand and watt..... will check when I get home. So both power supply and heat would cause CPU usage to hit 100%?

Hey perris, I thought about that too but there are instances where I have had my computer off for long periods of time, turn it on, use DVD shrink right away and it crashes. Would the computer heat up that fast? I can try taking off the side panel and blow a fan on it or something, see if it...

Hey all, hope someone can help me here. For some reason my computer keeps powering off, I mean totally just shuting down and you cannot restart unless you turn the main power switch off in the back and wait for like 30sec to a minute. I noticed that the CPU usage goes to 100% when I am...