Thanks for the suggestions.
I ran MemTest to check the Ram but it kept shutting off after a few minutes. Booting in the BIOS showed the CPU temp at over 70c so I just sat and watched it in the BIOS hardware monitor. As soon as it hit 78c it shutdown.
I repeated that several times and it...
The fan is fine. The heatsink is seated correctly.
It is the see-sawing CPU temperature that has me stumped. It should just keep getting hotter under continuous load and not jump down again.
I'm doing a favour for my friends. Their PC restarts at random times. I suspected overheating and put speedfan on and CPU temps are 60c-75c. I checked it in the BIOS too and it was about the same.
It is an AMD Athlon64 X2 5400+.
It has a weedy looking Akasa heatsink that I cleaned up and...
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