2010/1/8 Barbara Duprey <[email protected]> > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2010/1/8 Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> 2010/1/8 Dotan Cohen <[email protected]>: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I suspect my system may be slowly dying, strange things >>>>> are happening frequently >>>>> >>>>> >>>> "Strange things" is usually one of three things; >>>> 1) overheating CPU >>>> 2) bad memory >>>> 3) faulty power supply >>>> >>>> I would start checking them in that order. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> And cables! That should be obvious, but it needs saying anyway. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dotan Cohen >>> >>> >>> >> >> Barbara, with regard to Dotan's first point above, if you're running a >> desktop, you might want to crack the case and see if it's filled with dust >> and other detritus. If so, cleaning it could do wonders !... >> >> Henri >> > > Unfortunately, it's a laptop. I've looked at the maintenance manual -- > scary! it has all kinds of things like using a plastic screwdriver to > carefully pry things out or away from latches, etc. Haven't gotten my > courage up enough to tackle it! I may get a new machine, then tinker with > this one to maybe use as a backup.
Barbara, sorry that I missed NoOp's two posts above, as they make mine superfluous - vacuuming your machine out should do the trick as it no doubt is filled with what I referred to as «detritus», including lots of contributions from your cats, and which is almost certainly interfering with the proper cooling of your CPU. Remember to use a plastic rather than a metal pipe when performing the operation, to avoid static electricity shocks which could play havoc with the machine's innards. Worth a try - and far less expensive than buying a new machine !... Henri
