Ok my GF has a PC running XP with a intel 2.66hz cpu and 2 gig ram..
The last few days the CPU fan has been pretty noisy and yesterday the PC just started to shut down without warning.
My first quess was it was over heating and the cpu fan wasn't doing its job.
So i took out the CPU fan/heat sink and cleaned a shit load of dust out of it. I reseated it and started it up. The fan is still kinda noisy (the bearings are going?) but its spinning fine etc..I did notice there was little or no thermal paste between the heatsink and the cpu.
Now it was starting up ok for a while and then when I was using it , it just shut down. Down it shuts down after reboot..
Any ideas?
Thanks....
The last few days the CPU fan has been pretty noisy and yesterday the PC just started to shut down without warning.
My first quess was it was over heating and the cpu fan wasn't doing its job.
So i took out the CPU fan/heat sink and cleaned a shit load of dust out of it. I reseated it and started it up. The fan is still kinda noisy (the bearings are going?) but its spinning fine etc..I did notice there was little or no thermal paste between the heatsink and the cpu.
Now it was starting up ok for a while and then when I was using it , it just shut down. Down it shuts down after reboot..
Any ideas?
Thanks....