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Jon wrote:
On 6 Feb, 12:25, "Tim Downie"
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Jon wrote:

If it was something overheating it would more likely crash than
switch itself off,. Same goes for memory faults.


In my experience, a sudden switch-off is quite common with processor
over-heating so don't rule it out.

Tim


Fairy nuff. But I'd bet a pint that the capacitors have dried up on
the mobo.


Nothing looks amiss - and it's a bit new for capacitor failure given those
caps ain't exactly stressed.

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