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Question from Darryl:  Several years ago I paid a friend of mine to build me a desktop computer.

This machine has an Intel CPU and 8GB of RAM. There is no video card because it’s using the integrated video on the motherboard.

This machine has worked perfectly for years but now it’s started overheating and shutting down on me. The CPU temperature reached 170 degrees before it shut down last time.

What could be causing this?  [Read more…]