Hello Michael,
Well it started a couple of days ago & as it hasn't happened before, I'm quite concerned.
It started happening while I was using GIMP & today it's been happening while I was trying to send an email with a large file attachment (can't understand how sending an email can overheat the processor?).
In the end I had to cancel the email at 20% & turn the PC off as it's temperature kept rising...
I've attached an image of the hardware monitoring program as it is now. You can see that the fan speed is really low in comparison to the guage maximum.
I'll try & send the email again then capture an image when it rises again...
Thanks for your advice
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