I was just in the middle of playing CoH, when all of a sudden my comp just turned itself off. I tried to turn it back on, and it started to power up, only to shut itself down again after about three seconds.

I took some canned air to the fans and inside the case, cleared out a bit of dust, and after probably five minutes or so, I was able to start up again with no problem.

What the heck just happened? Should I be concerned?

Densetsu nods sagely.

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Densetsu had this to say about dark elf butts:
Gremlins.

Densetsu nods sagely.

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But... I just bought this anti-Gremlin stick a year ago! The guy promised me that it would keep Gremlins away!

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Mooj was naked while typing this:
But... I just bought this anti-Gremlin stick a year ago! The guy promised me that it would keep Gremlins away!

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Did you apply it to all of the potential Gremlin nesting areas?

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Densetsu Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Did you apply it to all of the potential Gremlin nesting areas?

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I waved it around over my head and said "ooga-booga" and then stuck it in the closet. What, was I supposed to do more?

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A sleep deprived Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael stammered:
Sounds like what happened to me way back when. Can't remember, but I want to say it was a heat issue. Maybe your machine isn't cooling down enough. Fan might be dying or something.

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Yeah same thing happened to me. It was my fan locking up.

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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Sounds like what happened to me way back when. Can't remember, but I want to say it was a heat issue. Maybe your machine isn't cooling down enough. Fan might be dying or something.

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Yes. I had to get a new heatsink and cpu fan and it was not fun at all.

If it's not those, it might be the power supply going out. But it really sounds like a heat issue.