My PC almost shitted on itself. :(

[woodman]

Does your case have any dust filters in the front? If so, they may be clogged
slowing or preventing the proper intake of air.


You may wanna install Motherboard Monitor, or some other such program for
now, to monitor the heat levels.

[b1gwi11]

Yup, they're all spinning.

just a coincidence maybe?

mite want to consider getting a fan to bring air into the case as well as blow it out

mine has 2 fans in the front, 1 in the back, cpu fan and video card fan

and it still gets a little warm in there

[Mikey]

Does your case have any dust filters in the front? If so, they may be clogged
slowing or preventing the proper intake of air.


You may wanna install Motherboard Monitor, or some other such program for
now, to monitor the heat levels.

It has a dust filter in the back, which isn't clogged. Also, I'm trying to install Motherboard Monitor, as you suggested, but it's stuck here:

[b1gwi11]

It has a dust filter in the back, which isn't clogged. Also, I'm trying to install Motherboard Monitor, as you suggested, but it's stuck here:

well uhhh im gonna take a wild guess and say you're supposed to pick the motherboard you have in ur computer

if you're unsure, then you can use everest to figure it out

[Mikey]

well uhhh im gonna take a wild guess and say you're supposed to pick the motherboard you have in ur computer

if you're unsure, then you can use everest to figure it out

I got it installed. So uh, how does this thing work? Does it tell me what the temps are? If so, how do I get it to do so?

[b1gwi11]

I got it installed. So uh, how does this thing work? Does it tell me what the temps are? If so, how do I get it to do so?

sorry cant help ya there.... never used it before

[Mikey]

sorry cant help ya there.... never used it before

That's wonderful. /uninstall

[Dinosaurman]

That's wonderful. /uninstall

LOL that was amusing.

I have an Nvidia card and the Nvidia Desktop manager,
can tell me my GPU temp.

[polobunny]

First of all, your specs Mr Mikey.

Start->Run.
Type "dxdiag" without the quotes. Press enter.
In the dxdiag window, press the Save all information... button at the bottom right. Attach the log to your next post.


As for finding your motherboard brand and model, you can do so with CPU-Z. Simply unzip it and run cpuz.exe. Go to the mainboard tab.

[Mikey]

First of all, your specs Mr Mikey.

Start->Run.
Type "dxdiag" without the quotes. Press enter.
In the dxdiag window, press the Save all information... button at the bottom right. Attach the log to your next post.


As for finding your motherboard brand and model, you can do so with CPU-Z. Simply unzip it and run cpuz.exe. Go to the mainboard tab.

Thanks...

[polobunny]

Right click your desktop->Properties.
Go to the Parameters tab->Advanced.
GeForce FX5200 tab->Temperature settings section.

Start a game in fullscreen such as Mugen. Play for 5 minutes then quickly switch to the that window (ALT+TAB). See what are the temperatures.
Your GeForce FX5200 has a fan or not? I know alot of FX5200 that were fanless. Obviously, check for any dust bunny (that's the mean bunnies ) if you have a fan.
The temperature shouldn't get much over 65 celsius. Even that is pretty hot.

Check your processor heatsink for any dust bunny too, just incase.

You mentionned that your power supply was very hot to the touch too. This could be the problem, it might be dying. Standard power supplies aren't very expensive, you can get a 450W one for $29.99 just about anywhere. However you might want to invest in a better power supply to steer away from this rather frequent problem. Cheap power supplies are just that, cheap. No quality there.
A good bang for the buck would be an Antec SmartPower 2.0 350W, which is more than enough for you.