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Post subject: Overheating PC  Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:34 am |
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Just got hold of this all-in-one PC for free which seems to be overheating. These are the fans that cool the CPU and Video. Are they supposed to rotate anti-clockwise? I can't see how the wiring could be wrong as its impossible to plug them in wrong way. They are supposed to pull the air in and out the vents on the left but I can hardly feel any air flow.  _________________ 
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:12 am |
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the bearings might be fecked mate
do they feel hard to manually push around?
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:19 am |
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happyslappy wrote: the bearings might be fecked mate
do they feel hard to manually push around? Not really, just the same as any of my other PC fans, although when the top one is going round you can put your finger on it and stop it and it will start again, do the same on the bottom one and it stops and you have to give it a little push to start it again. Now I've taken the back of it seems to have stopped crashing so it must be something to do with this. _________________
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:47 am |
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take it off and give it a really good clean?
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:22 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:33 am |
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Was going to, but couldn't be arsed at the time.  Took fan off gave then a good clean, noticed the heat pad on the passive cooler on the video chip was only on half the chip so re-aligned that, cleaned the CPU compound off the CPU and replaced with artic silver, Just need a new bios battery then I'll put the case back on and see what happens...  _________________
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:38 am |
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Hard drives still a piece of crap, I could transfer data on floppy disk faster, might do as a net box though.  _________________
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:58 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:20 pm |
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RustyMags wrote: Thank god it was free. i wasnt going to say that...  advent..... should stick to calenders _________________   Went to a zoo, they only had one animal there, a dog............. It was a shitzu.... I’z leakin… bring amberlamps
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:43 pm |
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[QBS]Dr.Strangelove wrote:   Was the power supply in the end. No problem now, just need a couple a one gig sticks of PC3200, if it can handle it, and it might actually be usable... _________________
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:20 am |
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Caspius=GCHQ= wrote: Was the power supply in the end. No problem now, just need a couple a one gig sticks of PC3200, if it can handle it, and it might actually be usable... what, a flashy paperweight?
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:04 am |
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Needs more shit on the windowsill TBH 
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:34 pm |
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is the monitor held together with sellotape? 
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Post subject: Re: Overheating PC Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:07 pm |
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Chips=GCHQ= wrote: is the monitor held together with sellotape? Blutak _________________ администратор дерьма Not too many games, still not enough time. | Beefy is a Filthy Freeloader
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