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Sunday, 6 April 2008

Dusty Computers users Beware of auto-restarts & hangs!

Zhi Wei's dusty desktop is a great LOL. haha.. 2dae i spent my day at his house, trying and figuring out what happened to his computer.

Known symptoms

Auto restart

Occasional hangs

Weird display language in startup mode (Seems English but yet not English)

Super loud sound (Assumption of his noisy fan)

Very hot CPU (Found to be at an average of 73 Degree Celsius - can cook egg)

What have i done?

Run check disk to fix --> seems nothing wrong at first

Check Direct Diagnoses --> All display graphics card and sound card is working fine

Check Device Manager --> All devices are in working condition. No errors or problems reported.

Reformatted the OS (Quick format) --> problem of restarting and hanging still occurred

Reformatted the OS again (Full format) --> same problem still exist

Decided to find professional help (Sim Lim Square) --> As i really can't find the problem. Everything seems fine. But it just hangs and auto restart. Haha.

What it turned out to be! (Sim Lim Sq's Solution)

"Your CPU is dusty, especially your fan. Everthing else seems in good working condition. Go take a walk for half an hour and when it is ready we will call you. We help you do cleaning services." LOL. What a joke. But it is really dusty. And this is a problem that i could not find. BECAUSE I NEVER OPEN THE CPU!

=.=

Resulted in a $31 cleaning service charge with 1 month warranty and they updated all the hardware drivers.

After service customer feedback (Zhi Wei's feedback)

Com is running ok

Abit slower

Fan and CPU no longer noisy

Everything seems to be working fine.

Conclusion (Summary of lesson learned)

Always clean your computer to be Dust-Free

Maintain your computer at least once a month

It is good to keep your computer cool at all times

When your computer is making alot of noise, try to do some maintenance

If you have any computer problems, feel free to contact me. I will try my best to find a solution. [Most of the time works ok! Dusty problem of cos i duno la. Missed out. haha. Forgot to check. Actually really wanted to open the CPU.]

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Ng Jan Sen
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24 Oct 1988
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic (School of Info-comm Technology)
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