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4. June 2009, 16:43:46

MadMonkey

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Houston, we have a problem !!! (well, sister does in fact lol)

Why does her computer keep freezing ? No matter what its doing, in fact it can just be sat on the desktop with nothing else running, and it stops, no nothing, not even able to move the cursor

I even installed a new system on it yesterday, and it still does it which obviously points to hardware ?

Any ideas anyone ? The only one i can thing of is maybe its over heating

5. June 2009, 14:44:18

pauloaguia

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MadMonkey: Yep, probably over heating. Check if the fans are all working properly. Also, does it take longer to happen the first time it is switched on?

5. June 2009, 14:55:40

MadMonkey

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pauloaguia: Just spoke to her, must be over heating. It does it later in the day normally, when the computer has been on a few hours. I will have to get there over the weekend and see what the fans are up to. I have a few old base units in the cupboard, hopefully there is one there somewhere i can use

I told her to slide the side of the unit off just so air can get through for now

Thanks

5. June 2009, 15:30:25

Mort

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MadMonkey: Does she hoover all the dust out on a regular basis? I do mine about once a month taking all panels off.

5. June 2009, 15:35:28

MadMonkey

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(V): No, not sister, shes scared of electrical things lol. I build & repair them for a hobby, so i always give it a clean when i am doing something to it. I will get over there this weekend

5. June 2009, 16:03:03

pauloaguia

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MadMonkey: Also check that the CPU is not overclocked or something like that. Overclocking may cause the CPU to heat more than usual, especially during the Summer...

5. June 2009, 16:18:14

MadMonkey

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pauloaguia: I will check, but dont think it will be. Its been fine for 2 years since she brought it, i think maybe just a fan is knackered ir lots of dust in there. Will let you know

5. June 2009, 18:00:22

Mort

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MadMonkey: Probably dust then.