Merlin wrote:I took it to Frys and they tested it with a PSU tester. I took it all apart to look for visible signs and .....one side of the heatsink retainer base was broken off basically leaving the heatsink with no pressure on the CPU. I have not gotten a new one yet but I hope it was temp failsafe shutting it down.
Looks like you found the problem!
ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)
AMD 3400G - 32G GSkill RipJaw V - {Win10} Pro 64bit, Win11 Update
Corsair H100i RGB PRO XT 240mm AIO Cooler
Corsair RM750X PSU - Corsair Force MP600 M.2 2280 1TB SSD
ASUS 27" LED LCD monitor - Lepai 2x20W Amp - Dayton B652 Spkrs Corsair 4000D Airflow
new bracket installed and ....its working great. Thank god for the new tech that didn't just blow my CPU when the thing broke.
Merlin
Windows 10 64 bit home on both
ASUS Z97-A LGA1150|i7 4790K|32Gb G-skill Ripjaws DDR3 2400| EVGA GTX660 | Corsair HX520W PSU
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO 1151|i7 8700K|32Gb G-skill Ripjaws DDR4-2666| EVGA GTX1080 | Samsung 500GB SSD | Corsair AX760 PSU
