dbuttner

Hi here is my spe
Dell Dimenion 4700C Win xp pro
My problem is after a week my system stuts down and stays off for 30m. Then comes back on.
First I did not change anything it came from dell. it is 3 years old.
I leave the system on all the time. I think the promblem is the heat sink is hot
and loud running fast all the time. Hot air is comming out the back. It is clean
no dust in the system. I looked on dell support and I look at a few setting. I look at event viewer to see the system log that says heat alert or something like that. I did not see anything in the log file. When windown is running
after a week it says shutting down to prevent from damaged from thermal.
It looks like a hardware problem. thank you Dean