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Old 09-16-2004, 09:04 PM   #6 (permalink)
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This may sound obvious, but try blowing all the dust bunnies out of your CPU fan/heatsink and case. It definitely sounds like overheating, but if it didn't used to overheat and it's starting to, we should be looking for fans that aren't turning or airways that are obstructed.

One more comment about "the more fans the better" - if you go adding case fans and so on to your 'puter, make certain that you understand what direction the fan is driving the air. If all your fans are sucking air in, or all are blowing air out, they won't work effectively. Ideally, you want your front fans sucking air in from the bottom of the case, and the rear fans blowing air out near the top - cross ventilation across your CPU heatsink/fan combo, video card and NB being the goal. Oh - and try to tidy up the rats nest of cables if you have one - the tidier it is in there, the better the airflow.

Good luck!
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