Hi there, I'm new to the forum, so excuse any sort of error I may make along the way. Okay, so, when I start my computer it'll do the High, low error beep, which means an over heating processor, right? Thats the first question. So, it'll still start, but running windows normally results in a shut down 20-30 seconds later, safe mode works just fine though. (Update: It'll shut down now too, seemingly randomly, but when I tried to view the event log with defender running in the background) So, would a new application of thermal gel help at all? It kinda dried up (the old gel). And, would the processor over heating cause the computer to shut down like that without warning, or is this something completely different? Edit: Safe mode with networking behaves in the same way as the normal mode, only plain ol safe mode will work without shutting down after half a minute or so. Thanks in advance.

Does you computer BIOS report CPU temperature? Usually system BIOS can be accessed by pressing F1 or F2 or DEL key during computer POST Let us know if you computer shuts down after 20 – 30 sec of staying in the BIOS?