Reviews Tips Tutorials Drivers Browse by subject . A free service rounding up the week's news, articles, tips and reviews. David Risley A processor that is not cooled enough will show some strange errors.
Every processor has a safe range of temperatures that it can handle.
Once the temperature gets above that point, one will usually see random error messages. Many times, one will not suspect that cooling is the problem because the error will seem to be coming from another part. Common errors are system crashes, lockups, and surprise reboots. It can also have program errors and memory errors along with many other things.