[Ham-Computers] Heat Related?

[Dale Miller]

KD7JYK wrote:
> A friend just sent me the following:
>
> "My computer just spontaneously shut down and rebooted itself.  That can't
> be good.
>
> Then it took about 12 minutes to get Outlook to open, and about another 4
> minutes to open a new message window.  If this keeps up, I guess I'll have
> to bring a book over here to read while my computer plays with itself."
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kurt
>   

Sounds like the processor is getting hot.
It may need to be blowed out. It might also need the thermal grease
between the processor and the heat sink changed out also. Either way it
sounds like heat related.



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