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| Thread ID: 38177 | 2003-09-29 20:38:00 | Horrible loud whirring noise coming from the computer! | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
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| 179029 | 2003-10-05 00:20:00 | I took it into samcor, and they said it was the CPU fan. They replaced all the fans thoug, and the power supply. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 179030 | 2003-10-05 02:42:00 | A bit more expense, but probably worth it in the long run. A bit like changing oil & filter in a car...costs, but good prevention of early failure. | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 179031 | 2003-10-05 05:00:00 | > I took it into samcor, and they said it was the CPU fan. They replaced all the fans thoug, and the power supply. At their expense or yours? A one-year old computer should still be under warranty but they would not have been obliged to replace the PSU at their expense though. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 179032 | 2003-10-05 07:06:00 | I thought these fans were a lot more reliably than that? My seven year old machine still has both its original fans.Coincidentally I've just had a major stripdown and dedust(my computer that is) and both are running quietly again. I know its luck of the draw and all that, but I would have thought 1 year was a bit of a short life for a fan? | Rod ger (316) | ||
| 179033 | 2003-10-08 17:57:00 | Oooo K. Aftoer taking it in I find that the CPU temperature is now 54 degrees C. And the CPU fan is only running at 3000 rpm, instead of 5600, as before the repair. I dont know who payed for that upgrade, because my Dad took it in. The computer is probably about 1.5 to 2 years old actually. It was when an Athlon XP 2100 was the best you could get in the Athlon range. Far, what a waste of time the repair was. My other computer is running at about 42 degrees. Thats about 10 degrees difference. Hmmmm. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 179034 | 2003-10-08 18:32:00 | Sounds like they replaced the CPU fan with the wrong one... the fan/heatsinks that come with the Athlon XP 2000+ and 2100+ (don't know about the others) run at 5000 rpm or above. 54 degrees is also quite hot for your CPU - it might be best to see if you can get them to replace the CPU fan with a certified AMD one as it will keep your CPU a lot cooler (50 degrees should be the max with adequate case fans and the AMD bundled cooler) | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 179035 | 2003-10-09 02:37:00 | Arrrgh. The whole thing just died today. It just cut out, and went black, and my Dad restarted it, and tried to load into safe mode, but it went black again. Could this be the Temperature cut off or something? maybe it reached 55 degrees, and shut down. Taken back to Samcor. Hope all Dads work is still there. Yikes. |
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| 179036 | 2003-10-09 05:08:00 | Sounds like the cooling solution they gave you wasn't adequate. I once had a problem where I had to take the motherboard back to the shop to get it replaced, and when I got it back I didn't realise that you had to remove all the heatsink material. I turned it on, it hit 80 degrees (the internal shutdown temperature for an Athlon XP 2000+, I think it's the same for a 2100+) and shutdown the system. You may be having the same problem. Your Dad's work should still be there if he saved it :D |
wintertide (1306) | ||
| 179037 | 2003-10-09 05:12:00 | Whooo, yeah. He has often lost stuff because he hasnt saved it. I think he saved this time though. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 179038 | 2003-10-10 04:41:00 | Oh No! They rang us and asked for a system password. Guess what? We never set one, dont even know how, but for some reason, the computer is asking samcor. Then they tell us the graphics card is dead. Then they tell us they cant get it to even boot now. AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH |
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