My cpu is getting very hot very quickly, and it doesn't have time to start windows before it restarts itself. At first, I thought it was the power supply, but then I went into setup and checked the temperature, and the cpu temp was 65 degrees C. and rising.
I have a:
Pentium4 3.0 GHz processor
1 GB dual channel ddr 2 ram
dvd burner
300 GB HD
GeForce 6600 GT
It hasn't been on the internet for a long time, nor have I changed anything as far as hardware or software. It is kind of dusty, but if a cpu isn't getting good airflow due to dust, would it really heat up that quickly? I was playing oblivion a lot, then it just starting restarting. As time went by and I didn't do anything, it was taking less and less time to restart itself. Now it's at the point where you can't get to windows, and it will only let you look in setup for maybe 3 or 4 minutes tops. If anyone knows why it's doing this please help me out. Any ideas or pointers on what is wrong will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.