- Dec 4, 2003
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Sorry, I have been unable to reach this thread to update it, the problems have scaled way larger now than I had thought before.
Here is what happened
I downloaded MbM5 to check out the heat going on inside, after restarting the computer with this installed (required) everything seemed to go to hell. I was having problems with memory, i would try to open media player 10 and it would say that there was a low memory error (1 gig of PC 2100 ram shouldnt cause this)
The bigger problem was that I was seeing temperatures inside the case of about 86 degrees F and 158-160 degrees F for the CPU. After realizing this was bad news, I ended up taking it to an air compressor and completely cleaning out all of the dust from the heat sink and bringing it back. This helped tremendously and its now back to 120 -125 degree's F range. However, have I already done or could i have done damage to my processor.
I basically have limited access to anything on the computer, I can open internet explorer but i cant really use any java script or advanced programs on the web. I could see this thread but I could not actually reply to anything. I get memory errors from just about everything, and can't get anywhere at all. My task bar down at the bottom is empty, when i have a window open it does not show up down there. The only way to go back and forth is using Alt Tab to switch. I have run spyware checkers, anti virus on the boot sector, normal, just everything. There's nothing that was downloaded that is causing the problem. What else can I do?
I can read this thread but I cannot reply to it from home, so does this sound like it is a physical problem or is it worth while to try to reformat and clean everything out and try again. I'm up for just about anything and I can't get anything working.
Sorry for the long post but I'm at a computer lab at school and its my only chance to update this thread.
Thanks
Here is what happened
I downloaded MbM5 to check out the heat going on inside, after restarting the computer with this installed (required) everything seemed to go to hell. I was having problems with memory, i would try to open media player 10 and it would say that there was a low memory error (1 gig of PC 2100 ram shouldnt cause this)
The bigger problem was that I was seeing temperatures inside the case of about 86 degrees F and 158-160 degrees F for the CPU. After realizing this was bad news, I ended up taking it to an air compressor and completely cleaning out all of the dust from the heat sink and bringing it back. This helped tremendously and its now back to 120 -125 degree's F range. However, have I already done or could i have done damage to my processor.
I basically have limited access to anything on the computer, I can open internet explorer but i cant really use any java script or advanced programs on the web. I could see this thread but I could not actually reply to anything. I get memory errors from just about everything, and can't get anywhere at all. My task bar down at the bottom is empty, when i have a window open it does not show up down there. The only way to go back and forth is using Alt Tab to switch. I have run spyware checkers, anti virus on the boot sector, normal, just everything. There's nothing that was downloaded that is causing the problem. What else can I do?
I can read this thread but I cannot reply to it from home, so does this sound like it is a physical problem or is it worth while to try to reformat and clean everything out and try again. I'm up for just about anything and I can't get anything working.
Sorry for the long post but I'm at a computer lab at school and its my only chance to update this thread.
Thanks