Sorry to sound novice, but first thing to do in my mind would be to get
something along the lines of cpuid to see tanks and then maybe get a fan
control for the heat control. Google fan controllers etc.
Sorry if this is noob. Thought I would try to be useful
On Sep 29, 2011 6:49 PM, "Rob Malpass" <linux@???> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hampshire-bounces@??? [mailto:hampshire-
>> bounces@???] On Behalf Of Jacqui Caren-home
>> Sent: 29 September 2011 18:37
>> To: hampshire@???
>> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Thermaltake "Tsunami" Tower Case
>>
>> On 29/09/2011 18:16, Rob Malpass wrote:
>> > As ever, it's a case of not wanting to spend good money after bad. All
>> > fans seem to be working and I've never had a problem in any case I've
>> built a PC in before so I'm just wondering if this case is flawed
somehow.
>> Nothing crops up on Google but it is a bit old now so that's not
>> surprising.
>> >
>> > Any ideas anyone?
>>
>> Is the PSU AOK?
>> Is the CPU paste "gone"?
>> Is the heatsink well seated?
>> Is the heatsink clean - I stick a pencil into the fan and blow the
>> heatsick clean with an air line.
>> Even then the muck eventually builds up in the bottom of the h/sink and
it
>> ends up being replaced at least once in a machines life.
>> Have you checked for "blown caps"?
>> When the machine dies, unplug and open the case - look and smell - if it
>> is a blown cap in the PSU or mobo you *will* be able to smell it.
>> Is there anything in the logs?
>>
>>
>> Do you have anything running monitoring the CPU temp etc?
>>
>
> Thanks Jacqui. I've opened it up and found the culprit immediately.
> Somehow the floppy drive caddy was pushed up against the CPU fan. Whether
> it was running I don't know (I'd assume it would power down well before 5
> mins if the CPU fan hadn't spun at all) but it's running fine now.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
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