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I play UT late evenings in my home office which gets quite warm during these
odd evenings when England is bathed in sunlight so when I started getting
lockups I was convinced it was down to insufficient cooling I was right but
for entirely the wrong reason my cpu fan had choked on a dust bunny still
spinning but with a much reduced airflow so my advice if you havent checked
recently now would be a good time or order the burgers for the great cpu
BarBQ
Derek
aka {DnF2}Del-uk and Nick_Dastardly

 

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 22:03:51 +0100, Del wrote:

> I play UT late evenings in my home office which gets quite warm during these
> odd evenings when England is bathed in sunlight so when I started getting
> lockups I was convinced it was down to insufficient cooling I was right but
> for entirely the wrong reason my cpu fan had choked on a dust bunny still
> spinning but with a much reduced airflow so my advice if you havent checked
> recently now would be a good time or order the burgers for the great cpu
> BarBQ

You should look into a recent invention - it's called Air Conditioning.

Quite a remarkable "sentence", by the way. Not one single piece of
punctuation. Your parents must be so proud.

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:04:35 -0500, Dan C
<youmustbejoking@invalid.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 20 May 2004 22:03:51 +0100, Del wrote:
>
>> I play UT late evenings in my home office which gets quite warm during these
>> odd evenings when England is bathed in sunlight so when I started getting
>> lockups I was convinced it was down to insufficient cooling I was right but
>> for entirely the wrong reason my cpu fan had choked on a dust bunny still
>> spinning but with a much reduced airflow so my advice if you havent checked
>> recently now would be a good time or order the burgers for the great cpu
>> BarBQ
>
>You should look into a recent invention - it's called Air Conditioning.
>
>Quite a remarkable "sentence", by the way. Not one single piece of
>punctuation. Your parents must be so proud.

That's it.

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Dan C wrote:

(snip)

> Quite a remarkable "sentence", by the way. Not one single piece of
> punctuation. Your parents must be so proud.

I had no problem reading it. Cant beleive you nit picked on grammar.
And the sarcasm was first class. Your parents must be so proud.

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:04:35 -0500, Dan C
<youmustbejoking@invalid.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 20 May 2004 22:03:51 +0100, Del wrote:
>
>> I play UT late evenings in my home office which gets quite warm during these
>> odd evenings when England is bathed in sunlight so when I started getting
>> lockups I was convinced it was down to insufficient cooling I was right but
>> for entirely the wrong reason my cpu fan had choked on a dust bunny still
>> spinning but with a much reduced airflow so my advice if you havent checked
>> recently now would be a good time or order the burgers for the great cpu
>> BarBQ
>
>You should look into a recent invention - it's called Air Conditioning.

Domestic air conditioning in the UK is pretty rare as it is only
needed for a handful of days a year.

>Quite a remarkable "sentence", by the way. Not one single piece of
>punctuation. Your parents must be so proud.

Turn on your air conditioning and chill out.



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"Dan> On Thu, 20 May 2004 22:03:51 +0100, Del wrote:
>
> > I play UT late evenings in my home office which gets quite warm during
these
> > odd evenings when England is bathed in sunlight so when I started
getting
> > lockups I was convinced it was down to insufficient cooling I was right
but
> > for entirely the wrong reason my cpu fan had choked on a dust bunny
still
> > spinning but with a much reduced airflow so my advice if you havent
checked
> > recently now would be a good time or order the burgers for the great cpu
> > BarBQ
>
> You should look into a recent invention - it's called Air Conditioning.
>
> Quite a remarkable "sentence", by the way. Not one single piece of
> punctuation. Your parents must be so proud.
>
> --
> If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
> Linux Registered User #327951

Oh how remiss of me in haste I didnt bother with punctuation and since I am
probably of sufficient age to be considered to be as old as your parent(s)
or possibly grandparent(s) frankly it doesnt worry me in the slightest nor
probably my daughter. Air conditioning? well it would have little or no
effect had you read the cause of the problem - blocked heatsink vanes
which reduces the airflow.Worth checking on machines which get a lot of use
or haven't needed an upgrade recently.
DW
registered with more OS than bill gates



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someone@somewhere.com wrote:
>
> guilty as charged...arrrrrg...dust bunnies
> while replacing a video card i decided to clean up the above mentioned
> mess. sadly the temp around the cpu had baked the fan holder to a
> brittle consistancy. needless (?) to say the plastic wings broke when
> I removed the fan and holder. This sent me scrambling to the store for
> a replacement. Moral? Good to clean, bad to remove the fan and heat
> sink. 10 us dollars; 30 mile drive...1/2 hour to remove the MB and
> replace. no biggie.
> misery

Dead easy with one of these

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009R7W0/102-5391875-6799349?v=glance

I've tried the aerosol types but they don't seem as easy to use and
sometimes you get a squirt of propellant coming out too if you're not
careful with how you hold the can.

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"Littlemoot" <littlemoot@h0tmail.com> wrote:
[Dust removal]
>Dead easy with one of these
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009R7W0/102-5391875-6799349?v=glance
>
>I've tried the aerosol types but they don't seem as easy to use and
>sometimes you get a squirt of propellant coming out too if you're not
>careful with how you hold the can.

Goto http://www.mcmaster.com and do a search on 5568k11, that's _my_
computer dust removal tool. [Yeah, requires an oil-less air
compressor and a blow gun, but we have those.] Unbelievable amounts
of air, and since it's an aaero-spike design, there's no high-pressure
air blasts to damage the fragile bits.

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