It starts inching up to 37oC then goes down. At this point I'm still getting shares. Then it goes to 42oC and down to 38oC. Then it goes back up to 44oC. After this, it stops getting accepted shares.
This suggests that you have a USB problem, not a heating problem.
You're running extremely cold, which means you're not hashing.
Is something you're running cranking your CPU to 100%? Like are you trying to CPU mine simultaneously?
think you need more research they tend to top out at 38c running at full speed
the only other thing it could be is the power brick but its hard to replace or test
there was a guy in computer hardware section selling molex to barrel jacks might be worth checking if he still has them
im still willing to take it off you hands
