> I am inclined to think that the problem could
> be temperature related. I had ruled this out because it crashed shortly
> after switching on on not particularly warm days.
Have you replaced the thermal compound between the CPU and the cooler?
That usually goes off. It used to be 3 years betwee
On 13 Oct 2011, at 10:28, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> After replacing the paste and cleaning the heat sink/fan, the PC ran
> OK for another year or two until the motherboard truely failed, so a
> replaced the PC.
I did similar 2 weekends back (used TIM cleaner to remove the old CPU/Heatsink
p
On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 10:28 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On an old PC i had, I found that the CPU fan/heat sink had got very
> dusty,
Similar. Some days the CPU fan started and the PC was OK, sometimes it
didn't start and the PC would crash.
I resorted to just giving the fan a flick at
On 13 October 2011 10:15, Roger Munford
wrote:
> Thanks for everybody's help and suggestions. In the end I bought a new PC
> from ebuyer for £190. However the old PC has been running for 3 days without
> the case cover and I am inclined to think that the problem could be
> temperature related. I h
Thanks for everybody's help and suggestions. In the end I bought a new
PC from ebuyer for £190. However the old PC has been running for 3 days
without the case cover and I am inclined to think that the problem could
be temperature related. I had ruled this out because it crashed shortly
after s
Hi Roger,
On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 20:41 +0100, Roger Munford wrote:
> Lisi,
>
> The computer just crashes occasionally. The screen goes blank and the
> sound changes slightly to a continuous whine. Whether it comes from the
> fans or disk, I do not know.
It's not unusual for a fan to cause sympt
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:33:34 +0100
Sean Gibbins wrote:
>
> When ordering from Novatech, eBuyer and the like, check the review
> section as folk will often post to the effect that an item is
> compatible with Linux. I think eBuyer also allows you to post
> questions too, so you can ask specifica
On 10 October 2011 19:49, Roger Munford
wrote:
> The motherboard on my PC is showing signs of failure and it is time for a
> replacement.
>
> Having very modest needs, I have in the past looked at Novatech's
> motherboard "bundles" with a built in video card.
>
> The one that looked suitable
> (ht
On 10/10/11 22:49, john lewis wrote:
I had no problems with buying a Novatech "bundle" when I upgraded my
system a few years back. I went for an AMD processor and a built in
video and picked one that was 'Debian compatible' (of course, me being
me!)
It's been a good few years since I have encou
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:49:37 +0100
Roger Munford wrote:
> The motherboard on my PC is showing signs of failure and it is time
> for a replacement.
>
> Having very modest needs, I have in the past looked at Novatech's
> motherboard "bundles" with a built in video card.
>
> The one that looked s
Thanks, Roger,
On Monday 10 October 2011 20:41:44 Roger Munford wrote:
> I would be surprised if that would be enough to diagnose what the
> problem is. Perhaps the power supply could be dipping out but my wife
> has had no problem with her Mac.
It could, of course, be the computer's own PSU. ;-)
Lisi,
The computer just crashes occasionally. The screen goes blank and the
sound changes slightly to a continuous whine. Whether it comes from the
fans or disk, I do not know. The crashes became more frequent. I removed
the case and waggled everything which seems to fix it for a bit but
afte
On Monday 10 October 2011 19:49:37 Roger Munford wrote:
> The motherboard on my PC is showing signs of failure and it is time for
> a replacement.
Roger -
Can you describe these signs of failure? What led you to believe that it is
the motherboard at fault?
I am having major problems at the mom
The motherboard on my PC is showing signs of failure and it is time for
a replacement.
Having very modest needs, I have in the past looked at Novatech's
motherboard "bundles" with a built in video card.
The one that looked suitable
(http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/motherboardbundles/mbb-6
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