Been having a problem lately running games... Seems I can run a game fine for the first 30-60 mins and then it either freezes, forcing me to reset or resumes the game only to freeze again moments later.. I'm running on a Asus board, 1.6 AMD CPU and 512 ram... I have a board temp of 34 C and a CPU temperature of 67 C with the side case removed.. I'm not sure what temp my Geforce3 Ti500 is running at.. Can anyone help me with this??? also, there's a fan beside the cpu thats labeled cpu cooler.. its not running at all.. could it be a faulty fan? is there a way i can try to activate that fan through software? I recently also got my PSU replaced (350w).. If anyone can help it'll be greatly appreciated..

Yea, 67C is pretty hot...not enough to do any harm (max is about 90C depending on CPU model), but enough to cause errors. If you have a fan that's not working, I'd say that's the place to start. I'm not sure what fan you're talking about...possibly on the board's chipset? If it was the actual CPU cooler, I'd think your temps would rise quickly & your system would crash...or your CPU would have fried by now. Try placing a small room fan blowing into the open case to see if that helps temporarily...but that other fan will have to be replaced.

I agree that the CPU temp is too high. The board temp is not bad. The CPU heatsink/fan combination is not doing it's job. It might be a poor set or just not installed properly. I also think that the not running fan should probably be replaced. Although there is some argument as to wether chip set fans are really necessary.

You might also consider removing heatsink and cleaning it and cpu up and reapply arctic silver III or someother thermal paste then put heatsink back on, because sometimes heatsinks are slighly loose and can move around which will disturb the contact between heatsink and cpu and lessen heat transfer. And I agree, if something is labeled cpu cooler, definately replace it if it's not working!!!