[RESOLVED] PSU problems?

[MikeCan]

Well, before I even fiddled with the RAM again I just grabbed a monitor nearby, hooked up the machine and rebooted it... I get a display this time and it take me to the BIOS and says the system hung last time because the CPU was over clocked, which was never done.

Could the CPU of overheated because the PSU fan isn't operative? The convection current created by that fan cools off the machine moderately well I would assume. So the system locked up and after sitting a few hours it cooled down enough to allow a reboot?

Also, as I mentioned I'm down here in a third world country, Paraguay, and whenever bad weather comes strolling through the power ALWAYS cuts out in a blink of an eye. Actually it does that randomly every now and then anyways. We do have batteries for all the machines...except this one, so could a sudden power surge or cut off make the system lock up and be irresponsive like this? The wall jacks here are terrible as well and quality surge protectors are hard to come by, sometimes the slightest tap of a chord cuts the power. So my question is what can frequent and sudden cut offs of power do to the machine?

Could any of those theories be the probable cause?

I’m going to try and get a hold of a voltmeter and test the PSU out anyways. I saw a tutorial on the forums somewhere around here so I’ll try that out. Thanks for the help. If someone could answer those basic questions I think this one could be chalked up as SOLVED. Thanks again for always listening.

p.s. PSU fan still isn't working so that will have to be fixed.