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PC wont power back up
Name: Ian Bailey Date: January 27, 2009 at 06:51:33 Pacific OS: Windows Vista Subcategory: General
Comment:
My PC suddenly turned itself off. I turned it back on in safe mode and it worked for an hour before turning off again. Now although the USB's have power when I switch on the fan only turns for a second before switching off.
Name: aegis1 Date: January 27, 2009 at 12:10:21 Pacific
Reply:
Open it up and see if it needs a cleaning. Check all the fans, including the power supply fan and input holes. Do not use a vacuum cleaner to clean, Use a can of compressed air. It might be a problem with the CPU to heatsink thermal paste.
FWIW to XP users: When you click on the 'Command Prompt' you are just causing the 'Command prompt' to be displayed. This prompt gives you access to NTVDM.EXE, the 'NT Virtual DOS Manager'.
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