could be choked vents/fan
happened to my sister's PC. I was tearing my hair out tyring to work out why it was crashing. Since it was cleaned out it has worked perfectly for two more years.
On some tower PC cases there are two sets of vents, one obvious one and a smaller one, less obvious. That was the problem one in this case.
Worth checking before doing anything more drastic.
Posted By: watfordcanary on July 22nd 2007 at 15:47:24
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- techie help required... (General Chat) - Alan, Jul 22, 13:41:46
- Maybe it's a heap of old shit and you need a new one? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 22, 19:14:40
- Either power supply or cpu overheating imo (General Chat) - scruffy, Jul 22, 14:52:44
- temps seem normal as do the fan speed.. maybe it needs a good cleaning lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Alan, Jul 22, 17:51:11
- could be choked vents/fan (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jul 22, 15:47:24
- Yep, compressed air is your friend in that situation (n/m) (General Chat) - scruffy, Jul 22, 17:07:02
- Could be overheating (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve, Jul 22, 13:56:37
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