Re: [PCWorks] Shutting down
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:25:00 -0500
Below that should have read:
"If that's what was happening then that certainly could have
caused the problem [if it was a CPU fan or other important
fan]".
If the CPU, GPU, PSU, HD, or mobo overheats that can cause the
PC to freeze up.
-Clint
----- Original Message -----
It doesn't have to take much dust or debris to block a fan from
rotating. If that's what was happening then that certainly
could have caused the problem.
But as Sue mentioned with her experience, there are almost
limitless things that can cause a PC to freeze up.
BTW for those that use a lot of, or a powerful fan(s) on their
PC, it's a good idea to use some kind of an external filter on
them. External because if internal you have to always take
your PC partially apart to clean the filters. I have about (no
joke) 23 fans total in my main PC. I made some external
filters out of filter-foam. Only the last 2 pages here pertain
to this:
http://www.orpheuscomputing.com/computers/case_mods/4.html (I
only have text below the thumbnails right now).
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Cubic"
At 03:50 PM 07/16/2008 -0400, Rocky Fithian wrote
>My XP Pro started freezing during the night and then it on
>restart it
>would freeze at the password screen. I would have to shut it
>off by
>holding in the switch.
>I opened the case and it was only just slightly dusty. I used
>a can of
>air on it and it has been faster with no freezing for about 24
>hours.
>What do you think I caused with the air? There wasn't much
>dust in it
>like I have seen before. I had blown it out about 6 months
>ago.
Mine was doing the same. It turned out to be a small crack in
the
motherboard somewhere. My son-in-law got a new motherboard and
installed
it. Problem solved. Mine actually froze before the password
screen, but
was very sporadic. Sometimes it would finish booting,
sometimes not.
Sue
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