jbhill Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 ok i don't know to much bout computers, but mine randomly shuts off like its overheating, but the fan on the motherboard and fan in the powersupply are working. the HD feels warm, but not oww that hot i got burned. it only seems to cut off when I'm viewing a site that has alot of flash or junk on it. andi have removed the side cover and it still does it. its a compaq presario 5000 from 2k1 lol. i know its not a memory problem I THINK cuz i dumped all the pictures/music useless programs.
BLHTAZ Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 My old Compaq from about the same era and model developed similar issues about a year ago...turned out to be a mother board. It's not worth putting much effort or money in to an old computer like that so you may end up doing what I did and buying a new one. If you don't have an external hard drive, get one and back up all your stuff quick before you lose it. The external was a life saver for me and it makes life so much easier in setting up a new computer too.
Sir Sam Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 i know its not a memory problem I THINK cuz i dumped all the pictures/music useless programs. so when you deleted all the porn did it make any difference at all?
fiatslug87 Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 so when you deleted all the porn did it make any difference at all? "Delete"? That's the stuff you "Archive". :chillin:
jbhill Posted December 20, 2008 Author Posted December 20, 2008 who said i deleted it? gota love SD cards :D. its just frustrating when u have a long post typed out...and it shuts off lol. i punch/kick it once a week.
BookspanS Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 where is Qui-Gon when you need him to chime in :hmm:
Geonovast Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Rip it apart, dust and crap likes to jam up the airways for the fan. You may also want to replace the thermal paste between the processor and heatsink.
jbhill Posted December 22, 2008 Author Posted December 22, 2008 yea i cleaned it good when i first started having this problem, fixed it for a day or so then the problem restarted. would di electric grease work?
jbhill Posted December 23, 2008 Author Posted December 23, 2008 well i put some dielectric grease on it today and blew the lil bit of dust off the heat sink. still shuts off. :wall:
Geonovast Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Di electric grease is for helping in electrical connections. You need a thermal paste, which will help transfer the heat from processor to the heat sink. Another possibility is the heat sink is shot. Just like a radiator, they can eventually go bad and stop working as well as they should.
maddzz1 Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Does it give any message when it shuts down or when you start it back up?
jbhill Posted December 23, 2008 Author Posted December 23, 2008 nope just randomly cuts off.just trying to get it to last till my parents can afford another one.
Geonovast Posted December 24, 2008 Posted December 24, 2008 If you think it may be the harddrive, they do make fans that you can click onto the harddrive itself. I'm willing to bet the culprit is the thermal paste... Putting the di electric grease on it may have actually made it worse.
jbhill Posted December 25, 2008 Author Posted December 25, 2008 yea it has gotten worse actually. can i get thermal paste at say office max/depot ok did some readin on google, i just put a skim coat of dielectric on the bottom of the heat sink, not knowing i just needed that square lol. the HD does get kinda hot tho.
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