Re: [Hampshire] Virtual Box

> *it won't just reboot, I have to leave it for ten minutes or so
> before it will boot up so something is overheating I guess.
>
> I'd left it on overnight without it dying but when I tried accessing
> a samba shared drive from within virtual XP it died.

How old is the machine?

I've found a number of boxes recently of about 3-4 year vintage with
similar problems. The thermal paste between the CPU and the cooler dries
up and stops being thermal paste...

The solution is to clean it off (with acetone or similar) and re-grease.
Maplins do a little syringe of the stuff for about £2 IIRC - cheaper than
computer shops :-)

Vic.