Threshhold for shutdown, is there a program?

Ok, so for some reason my temperature shutdown thresh hold for the CPU is exactly 52 degrees (way too cool for my tastes). I can't watch Hulu without an external fan pointed at the vent. I will be getting a new cpu fan, but even though the fan I'm looking at can keep the cpu down to 30 during games, i still would like to know how to change it. Someone told me that there is a program that can control such things, but he didn't give me the name of the program.
I'm not in a hurry, really, since I can play Dragon Age Origins fine on max graphics, it never goes above 48 degrees, but who knows when my boyfriend is going to jack up the central heating to boiling levels.

 

May be wrong, but I believe that there is a setting in BIOS for computers that are so equipped!

 

Unfortunately, not for this one. It needs an update but I'm not ready to flash the bios just yet for something I can fix.

 

52c is fine don't worrie untill it gets past 65c you can use this to cfg a auto shutdown
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
my Althlon II 250 OC runs at about 54 after a few hours at mAXLOAD-gaming

 

the pc should not be shuting down at 52c double check the bios its usual hidden in the PC Health menu in the system bios

 

Yeah, it was the first place I looked, but it doesn't even have fan control for that matter. In fact, I can't control my fans even with Fan Speed.

 

Ok, if this program doesn't override the temperature settings the new fan I ordered will fix it.

 

Are you just changing the fan or the heatsink (metal block) as well? If you are changing the heatsink as well, you need to buy some good-quality thermal paste, as well as thermal material remover and thermal surface purifier.

Links to products I recommend:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139175
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126410

when you remove the old block, be careful to twist it back and forth very gently before attempting to lift it, otherwise you may pull out the processor as well, with disastrous results. Then use the thermal cleaner to remove the old paste from the processor, then use the thermal surface cleanser, then apply a pea sized amount of thermal paste to the top of the processor. Then place the new heatsink down carefully, hold it down firmly and twist it gently to eliminate air bubbles, then secure it.

 

Yep, got all that. Good deals on newegg. It will all be here soon. The fan I ordered has no heat sink though, but it has really good airflow. Anywho, computer hasn't shut down, I have been able to keep it down to 37 degrees with the stock fan and sink. At this point it's just replacing a fan that will die pretty soon, according to the reviews of my computer.

 

The fan we purchased had a nice deal with a good motherboard, but eh, this computer isn't worth a new motherboard. That will be fore the computer we build from scratch for my bf. No more upgrades for this puppy.