hsncorrosion Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 My sister started yelling for me, when I get to the computer it had shut off and the small speaker inside was sounding like an alarm. My guess is it overheated. Amazingly a unplugged it and restarted it and am post from that computer. Its an Emachine about 3 years old. Am I correct about the problem? Quote
digip Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Thats pretty hard to say without more details. Quote
hsncorrosion Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 Just checked my computer...... OMG! So much dust I am amazed it ran as long as it did. It is now much faster without the dust :) It may as well not have had a heatsink or any fans it was so bad. Same with my server. The computers are in the laundry room atm. (moms idea) so the drying is obviously the cause of so much dust. I'm installing software to monitor the fans and heat on the cpu now. Quote
digip Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Doh! Heat alone from the dryers is not going to help, let alone the dust blanket from the lint. That's just "universally stupid" to quote a certain someone... Quote
moonlit Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 To drop the temperature without more fans I'd recommend CPUIdle (http://www.cpuidle.de/), it cools the CPU by sending what are basically "sleep" commands during unused CPU time. On the downside it's useless if you're hammering the CPU because there's no free time for the CPU to sleep during. Quote
hsncorrosion Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 I'll just have to clean it more often, if it was my choice it would not be in the room with the dryer Quote
Sparda Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Its an Emachine about 3 years old. Am I correct about the problem? You will probably find in the next year (making the computer 4 years old) the PSU will die taking the motherboard, CPU, RAm and probably the hard disk with it as well. Quote
SomeoneE1se Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Its an Emachine about 3 years old. Am I correct about the problem?You will probably find in the next year ... PSU ... die taking ... hard disk with it... that means BACK UP! Quote
hsncorrosion Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 I backup my personal files monthly anyway. This computer is manly my parents so yeh.... I'll need to. Is it just the brand that is the reason for the possible psu problem? I have an old server from dell that still runs and it was originally a 95 or 98 Quote
Sparda Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Is it just the brand that is the reason for the possible psu problem? Yes, I'm amazed this isn't more wildly known. They are crap PCs, not worth the money you paid for it. Quote
hsncorrosion Posted January 30, 2008 Author Posted January 30, 2008 What do you think about Acer? I have an acer5050 laptop just wondering if there have been problems with them? So far so good on all my pc's tho Quote
Sparda Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Don't know. I only know about the problem with eMachiens because it's such a huge problem, which is why I'm amazed that it isn't wildly known. Quote
hsncorrosion Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 I'm surprised. You'd think they would fix such a problem. Quote
VaKo Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Nah, its cheaper to sell them to people who don't know about said problems. Quote
hsncorrosion Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 Well yes but if the consumers realize this than you would think they would worry about a decrease in sales. But then again they have so much money I doubt they care all that much. Quote
Sparda Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 People who paid for the extra warranties (since this always seems to happen in the middle of the 4th year of the computers use) basically get a brand new computer in the same case. At least PC World do keep there word in that respect. Quote
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