Ray Strode wrote: > > > > > > >1) Whirring sound (like a fan) when running which > >wasn't the case when things were fine and beautiful. > >The sound will sometimes kick into high gear and that > >is the system's signal that it is about to crash. > > > If a walks like a duck.... :-) It probably is a fan. > > >2) Sometimes the system boots and sometimes it > >doesn't. If it fails, I'll get the XP version of the > >blue screen of death. (The sceen isn't blue but the > >text which indicates the crash address and other > >diagnostic info is.) > > > >3) If it manages to boot successfully, several system > >failure errors are generated. Sometimes that's eough > >to halt the system, sometimes not. > > > >4) If I can proceed at all (which lately is not the > >case) then evetually the whirring noise gets loud > >enough and then BOOM. > > > This definitaley sounds like your CPU is overheating. > > I agree with Mike. Your fan is probably bad, or possibly some wire or > something > is block it from spinning properly (either could make your fan noisey). > > If i were you i would open the case up and see if anything is blocking > the fan.... > If so, unblock the fan. > > If nothing is blocking the fan then pull the fan off and replace it. > You may wanna > pull the fan off anyway to clear any dust bunnies that have built up > (canned > air works well). > > --Ray > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ##################
My Wife Julie's PC running M$ Windows98 recently needed a second fan to get rid of the above type of problem. She says it's ok now. -- Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043
