David Guntner wrote: >James grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > >> Just had a friend walk in so I asked him... He had the same problem >>and it was because the CPU fan had gotten worn down and wasn't cooling >>the CPU as well as it used to (plus a lot of the k-6 fans were flaky >>to start) His suggestion is to (his words not mine) open up the case >>stick a destop fan blowing into the box. If that changes the time >>before it crokes... it's the fan. Or if you don't want such a crude >>test get one of the cylindrical(sp?) fans on the market now put it in >>and try it out that way. Fans cheaper and easier to find than a k-6 >>mobo these days. >> > >I know. :-) I'm dreading having to track down a new motherboard for this >beast, although as I progress further and further, it's looking more and >more likely. FWIW, the BIOS has not been reporting abnormally high >tempratures on the CPU. The 350MHz one I have in their currently is >running around 109 degrees F, which isn't that bad. > >I've got all three DIMM (I can't believe I've been saying SIMM all this >time - argh!) slots populated at the present time. I'm going to start >pulling them one at a time and see if the problem goes away. I've had >really good results with Memtest-86 in the past, so I don't seriously think >it's a DIMM module. But I want to be complete in my testing.... >Especially before I have to track down a new motherboard. > > --Dave > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, if you have to do the latter, email me privately. I have excellent sources for parts, because I test on junk as much as possible. (If it runs on junk, it probably runs on the good stuff).
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