Over heat that fast ! I didn't know. Condensation - Ah, Good point.
> > Can a CPU overheat so quickly ( after about 10 seconds) ? > > Test it -- take the heat-sink off your desktop and see how long it lasts. > Given its also got time to boot into memtest etc. I'd say yeah they'll > easily get hot enough to trigger a thermal cut-out. > > > Sounds crazy but could you test this by putting it in the fridge or > > freezer and then see how long it lasts after boot ? > > I wouldn't advise risking the rest of the laptop exposed to condensation ;) > > If its easy enough I'd take it apart remove the one stick of RAM you can > and then re-test the thing. After that it would be an easy job to replace > the stick and continue as normal. This would also give you a chance to > clean the thing out and check that heatsinks etc. are seated properly > -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
