[Coco] Assistance please

[paulh96636 at aol.com]

sorry about previous post which had no reply content - hitting the reply button changes it to the send button
where a casual swipe near touchpad will launch the reply b4 entering a reply.


anyhow, consider that recently I had a computer with all fans working but the heatsink became quite hot,
resulting in a cpu freeze.  turns out a big buildup of dust on the vanes of the large heat sink and under the
fan itself was effective enough in blocking air flow.  so you may need to disassemble the heat sink and fan
to clean out any blockage.



-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Assistance please


On Sat, 25 Aug 2012, Bill wrote:

> Well, my $20 HZP Pavilion 6540C is worth exactly $0.20. I've replaced the
> memory took an air hose and blown all the dust out, cleaned the fan and put
> more thermal grease in place, and it still won't crank when it gets hot. Now
> I think I need a power supply. I might even end up not being able to
> communicate at all with this list.

Any possibility the PS fan itself is frozen up?  OEM manufacturers are 
fond of using the cheapest, crappiest sleeve-bearing fans.


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