Wow - what timing for this thread. A family member just brought his HP over. Said it just died one day with a popping sound. I checked it out and had to replace the power supply. While looking inside the thing, you couldn't even see through the heat sink fins under the fan due to solidified dust build up. The thing smells like the inside of a vacuum cleaner bag ;) I believe this one fried it's power supply and is running hot due to the dirt blocking airflow.
Anyway, the moral of the post is that I would definitely suggest you clean the dust out if it's built up in there.
Don K
From: David <blazer...@gmail.com>
To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 11:33:26 AM
Subject: Re: mid-tower cases
Have you blown the dust out of the case, and in particular the heat sink? Can you check on your CPU fan, either in the BIOS or with a 3rd party app, to see if it's turning at normal speed?
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I’m not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot!
I’d prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L
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David
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