Postby onpon4 » Sun Jun 05, 2016 7:59 am
It's not easy to diagnose a problem from cyberspace, but if it's been getting hotter since you installed a new HDD, that very well could be the cause. If the new HDD has different physical dimensions or different materials, or perhaps if it's just an HDD that produces more heat than the previous one, it could cause your cooling system to not work as well. Usually, components are designed to instantly shut off if they reach a critical temperature to avoid damage. If that happens to the CPU or power supply, then everything is going to shut off.
But this is all speculation. To find out for sure, you should do some tests. First of all, install a program that shows your temperatures (I don't know what it would be for Windows, but I'm sure one probably exists) and see what the temperatures are getting to. Second of all, if components are reaching critical temperature, see whether or not removing that new hard drive has any effect on that.
If it's not the temperature, then it's back to the drawing board. You'll just need to keep experimenting until you pin down what the cause of your problem is.