Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably overheating, help?

["Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@bellsouth.net>]

And he may have a good quality one but it's dying.  I had to replace a PC 
Power and Cooling recently.  After 5 years one of the voltages was dropping 
low.  I finally caught it because on an alert by the motherboard monitor 
which gave me an alarm.  That system was doing the same - lock up or quit for 
unexplained reasons.



On Friday February 17 2006 10:43, Michael Kintzios wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mrugesh Karnik [mailto:mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com]
> > Sent: 17 February 2006 11:13
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably
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> > The second and third I've tried. Fourth... Hmm, I'll try to do that.
> >
> > And yeah, the power cord is plugged in perfectly, I just checked.
>
> As already suggested the possibility of overheating can be ruled out if
> you use a domestic comfort cooling fan and with the case open you
> position it to blow across the MOBO and towards the back of the case.  A
> low/medium setting from some distance is best as you want it to fan out
> enough to cover MOBO, drives, etc and not race the fans in the case to
> their maximum.  I you still get shutdowns then look again at the power
> supply.  I would heed advice already given - you get what you pay - so
> go for a good quality PSU with adequate rating for your system's needs.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

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