pc switches itself off with no warning!!!

sbabeeee · March 1, 2008

I am running XP service pack 2. I had a virus befor xmas and a friend of a friend that knows more about pc's than me, got it all working again for me. He installed NOD32 anti-virus system for me which seems to be working great.

The problem I am having is that when I play games i.e. 1 hr free trials from bigfishgames and also games I have paid for and downloaded, my pc just switches of completely in the middle of them. There is no warning, or error message. Its also completely random as to when it does this, i could play for 5 mins or 5 hours, it just depends what mood the pc seems to be in as to how long it lets me play!!! Once its switched off i have to unplug it from the mains and plug it back in before it will boot up again. Sometimes it re-boots normally, other times I have to select safe mode and it runs through a big list of drivers etc on a black screen before it starts up properly.

Hope this gives someone enough info to maybe figure out the cause.

helpppppppp pleaseeeeeee its driving me nuts!!!! lol

Seth · March 2, 2008

Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help sbabeee.

Unfortunetely, a random shutdown is difficult to diagnose as it could be caused by just about anything, including overheating.

Please post the make and model of your computer.

Do you know what kind of video card you have? If so, update the drivers from the manufacturer's site. If not, please run this program and post the results:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Everest-Home-Edition.shtml

sbabeeee · March 2, 2008

Hi again, i didnt buy my pc from a shop, it was made for me so its not a specific make.

i downloaded the program you sugested and here is the report

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Version EVEREST v2.20.405

Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/

Report Type Quick Report

Computer SANDRA-15CC06F8

Generator Sandra

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)

Date 2008-03-02

Time 22:46

DirectX Video

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[ Primary Display Driver ]

DirectDraw Device Properties:

DirectDraw Driver Name display

DirectDraw Driver Description Primary Display Driver

Hardware Driver SiSGRV.dll

Hardware Description SiS 741

Direct3D Device Properties:

Available Local Video Memory 60880 KB

Available Non-Local Video Memory (AGP) 53248 KB

Rendering Bit Depths 16, 32

Z-Buffer Bit Depths 16, 24, 32

Min Texture Size 1 x 1

Max Texture Size 2048 x 2048

Vertex Shader Version Not Supported

Pixel Shader Version Not Supported

Direct3D Device Features:

Additive Texture Blending Supported

AGP Texturing Supported

Anisotropic Filtering Not Supported

Bilinear Filtering Supported

Cubic Environment Mapping Not Supported

Cubic Filtering Not Supported

Decal-Alpha Texture Blending Supported

Decal Texture Blending Supported

Directional Lights Not Supported

DirectX Texture Compression Not Supported

DirectX Volumetric Texture Compression Not Supported

Dithering Supported

Dot3 Texture Blending Supported

Dynamic Textures Not Supported

Edge Antialiasing Not Supported

Environmental Bump Mapping Not Supported

Environmental Bump Mapping + Luminance Not Supported

Factor Alpha Blending Supported

Geometric Hidden-Surface Removal Not Supported

Guard Band Not Supported

Hardware Scene Rasterization Supported

Hardware Transform & Lighting Not Supported

Legacy Depth Bias Not Supported

Mipmap LOD Bias Adjustments Supported

Mipmapped Cube Textures Not Supported

Mipmapped Volume Textures Not Supported

Modulate-Alpha Texture Blending Supported

Modulate Texture Blending Supported

Non-Square Textures Supported

N-Patches Not Supported

Perspective Texture Correction Supported

Point Lights Not Supported

Point Sampling Supported

Projective Textures Supported

Quintic Bezier Curves & B-Splines Not Supported

Range-Based Fog Not Supported

Rectangular & Triangular Patches Not Supported

Rendering In Windowed Mode Supported

Scissor Test Not Supported

Slope-Scale Based Depth Bias Not Supported

Specular Flat Shading Supported

Specular Gouraud Shading Supported

Specular Phong Shading Not Supported

Spherical Mapping Not Supported

Spot Lights Not Supported

Stencil Buffers Supported

Sub-Pixel Accuracy Supported

Table Fog Supported

Texture Alpha Blending Supported

Texture Clamping Supported

Texture Mirroring Supported

Texture Transparency Supported

Texture Wrapping Supported

Triangle Culling Not Supported

Trilinear Filtering Supported

Two-Sided Stencil Test Not Supported

Vertex Alpha Blending Supported

Vertex Fog Supported

Vertex Tweening Not Supported

Volume Textures Not Supported

W-Based Fog Supported

W-Buffering Supported

Z-Based Fog Not Supported

Z-Bias Not Supported

Z-Test Not Supported

Supported FourCC Codes:

AI44 Supported

AYUV Supported

NV12 Supported

NV21 Supported

PICP Supported

RAW8 Supported

SOVB Supported

UYVY Supported

YUY2 Supported

YV12 Supported

YVYU Supported

Problems & Suggestions:

Problem Hardware Transform & Lighting is not supported. Modern 3D games may require it.

Debug - PCI

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B00 D00 F00: SiS 741 Chipset - Host-PCI Bridge

Offset 00: 39 10 41 07 07 00 10 22 03 00 00 06 00 00 00 00

Offset 10: 00 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 41 07

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 40: 19 30 77 77 06 00 37 22 AA D4 E8 F0 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 00 01 9F 00 00 00 00 05 02 F4 B8 03 12 D7 01 44

Offset 60: 4F 40 40 00 A1 24 00 00 01 08 00 00 88 00 1C 00

Offset 70: 03 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3A 00 01 44

Offset 80: 22 26 02 03 85 00 80 0B 20 0C 00 01 00 00 00 1C

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 01 00 00 02 00 A4 74 02 00

Offset A0: 23 23 85 12 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 C0 01

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 0D 18 00 E0 00 D0 10 80 10 00 00 00

Offset C0: 02 00 35 00 1F 02 00 1F 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 98 01 00 00 30 0F 01 00 00 50 00 00 00 A0 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 24 DA 48 FA 18 52 00 03 00 00 00 00 05 09 05 09

B00 D01 F00: SiS AGP Controller

Offset 00: 39 10 03 00 07 01 00 00 00 00 04 06 00 20 01 00

Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 02 20 B0 B0 20 00

Offset 20: D0 CF E0 CF A0 BF B0 CF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00

Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 02 00 B0 02 09 00 80 01 60 60 AA 10 55 50 55 00

Offset E0: 55 00 00 14 64 00 54 54 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 50

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D02 F00: SiS 963L MuTIOL Media I/O Bridge

Offset 00: 39 10 08 00 0F 00 00 02 25 00 01 06 00 00 80 00

Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 40: 90 8B 80 8A 8A 00 21 FD 10 00 00 00 11 30 04 01

Offset 50: 11 38 02 01 20 0B 20 0B FF FF 12 00 05 05 00 00

Offset 60: 8A 83 80 85 FF C1 0C 13 09 80 00 40 05 00 04 11

Offset 70: 00 00 FF FF 00 08 00 08 00 00 00 80 02 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 41

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 62 30 00 85 00 80 3B AA AA AA AA

Offset E0: 40 00 00 58 42 00 44 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D02 F01: SiS SMBus Controller

Offset 00: 39 10 16 00 01 00 80 02 00 00 05 0C 00 00 00 00

Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 01 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00

Offset 40: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D02 F05: SiS 85C513 IDE Controller

Offset 00: 39 10 13 55 05 00 00 02 00 80 01 01 00 80 00 00

Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 01 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 13 55

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 06 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: F2 00 F3 80 2A 96 D5 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: FB FF FB FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 17 21 06 04 56 23 06 04 56 23 06 04 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D02 F07: SiS 7012 Audio Device

Offset 00: 39 10 12 70 05 01 90 22 A0 00 01 04 00 20 00 00

Offset 10: 01 DC 00 00 01 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 12 70

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 03 34 0B

Offset 40: 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 42 C6 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D03 F00: SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller

Offset 00: 39 10 01 70 07 00 80 02 0F 10 03 0C 08 20 80 00

Offset 10: 00 90 FF CF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 01 70

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 50

Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 5C AC 01 00 3F 02 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 C2 C9

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D03 F01: SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller

Offset 00: 39 10 01 70 07 00 80 02 0F 10 03 0C 08 20 00 00

Offset 10: 00 A0 FF CF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 01 70

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 02 00 50

Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 5C AC 01 00 3F 02 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 C2 C9

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D03 F02: SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller

Offset 00: 39 10 02 70 06 01 90 02 00 20 03 0C 08 20 00 00

Offset 10: 00 B0 FF CF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 02 70

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 17 04 00 50

Offset 40: 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 01 00 C2 C9 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 21 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 20 20 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B00 D04 F00: SiS 900 Fast Ethernet Adapter

Offset 00: 39 10 00 09 07 01 90 02 90 00 00 02 00 20 00 00

Offset 10: 01 D4 00 00 00 80 FF CF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 00 09

Offset 30: 00 00 FE FF 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 34 0B

Offset 40: 01 00 02 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

B01 D00 F00: SiS 330 Mirage Integrated Video Adapter

Offset 00: 39 10 30 63 03 00 30 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 80

Offset 10: 08 00 00 C0 00 00 EE CF 01 BC 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 49 18 31 63

Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 00 00

Offset 40: 01 50 02 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 50: 02 00 30 00 0B 02 00 FF 02 03 00 1F 00 00 00 00

Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Debug - Video BIOS

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C000:0000 U.@...0.82.00 0.........4o.o.IBM COMPATIBLE11/05/03-16:12:37

C000:0040 =...<.>.c.9.0c....U....0..(....................rUB..............

C000:0080 ................\#...\#...7!...7"...)!...\#...e#...7!...(".d.7".

C000:00C0 ..D"...S".......................................................

C000:0100 SiS 6330 AGP True Color Graphics and Video Accelerator.........

C000:0140 Bytes Video Memory,...BIOS Version 0.82.00 ..Support VESA BIOS

C000:0180 Extension Ver 3.0..%..SiS.................Silicon Integrated Sys

C000:01C0 tems Corp...................6330................0.82.00...d.....

C000:0200 ..X...."3..(.*..C..5.(d+.....f`....4......e...................@.

C000:0240 ....B.....;J......|.;N..~.....X.........`................S......

C000:0280 .......6..................[...fa.....&....... ......,.u#........

C000:02C0 ...&.......B......6....6.....c....R......$.......Z.....P..U.f...

C000:0300 ...Uu.....X..s....X.........=.........3........*.........1......

C000:0340 ......0............&t..............&u..... ....'t.......{..1..$

C000:0380 .....F.........c..!..............[....2....8......W..t....9.....

C000:03C0 .........2.....0.....2.....0........?.....<.S...3..o.....&~...@.

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JEBWrench · March 3, 2008

If you feel comfortable opening up your PC, using a can of compressed air to blow out any excess dust may help you out - your problem sounds very similar to a cooling problem I used to have several years ago.

Excessive dust buildup inside the PC can cause your cooling fans to not spin properly.

sbabeeee · March 3, 2008

ill certainly give it a go.

Thanks for your help guys!!!!!

Seth · March 3, 2008

The most important area to keep clean is the cpu (processor) heat sink. Have a look at this picture of a cpu fan and heatsink:

http://www.pctechguide.com/images/tutorials/MBoard/Heatsink4.jpg

Your's will look like that. Now take a look through the fan and you will see the top of the heatsink. That area should be relatively free of major dust build up. If it isn't, carefully take a vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment and see what you can get out. You may have to loosen the dust clogs by using a toothbrush first. I use my girlfriends for such :)

AdvancedSetup · March 3, 2008

I find using compressed air a much safer approach (but it's also much more expensive).

sbabeeee · March 4, 2008

thanks guys. ill have a look and if im wary of the vacuum cleaner then ill buy some compressed air.

either that or can i borrow ur girlfriends toothbrush Seth?? hehehehe

March 4, 2008

Unfortunately sbabeeee Seth was lying, he doesn't have a girlfriend, no one likes him never mind love him and even Santa thumbs his nose at him.

He alone, quite alone in the world I do believe apart from an old blue furball that talks to him very occasionally.

:D :D

Seth · March 4, 2008

Wolfey's right.

That toothbrush actually belongs to my one and only friend. Unfortunately, only I can see or speak with that friend :)

I'm just kidding though, as I do have many friends. So what if others calls these "friends" computers? lol

Once again, welcome to FPCH help SB. We're all pretty cool 'round here.

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