[gentoo-user] Re: [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Joseph <syscon780 <at> gmail.com> writes:


> I went to pickup the remote box and look at it; the CPU fan stop
>  working.  The CPU heat sink is big so in idle mode
> it could keep up with cooling it but under heavy 
> load "compiling anything" the CPU was overheating.


Dust is often the culprit on Computers. Just pull the side cover
and blow it out with an air compressor, once a year or so. Dust build up
and also dampen the heat transfer rate (cooling effect) on all sorts of 
parts. So cleaning out the dust allows things to run cool, keeps moving
parts clean and will extend the life of your hardware. This is particularly
acute with the sort of fine dust that builds up inside of computers....

Blowing compressed air on fans make them often "over speed" so be mindful
to only blow on the fans in short bursts. Clean the fans in the power supply
likewise.


hth,
James