HP PC shuts itself down after about 5 minutes
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Best thing to do is get it on the desk, remove the side panel so you can see the fans, power on and check all are going round. Best not to stick your finger in the fan you could lose a finger nail, if all the fans are working then it is probably dust just clogging things up and a good hoover out should sort it out.
If one of fans isn't working the check that the wire from it is connected to the motherboard, if it is then the fan has probably died and needs replacing.
If one of fans isn't working the check that the wire from it is connected to the motherboard, if it is then the fan has probably died and needs replacing.
popegregory said:
Silly question but do I just give it a Hoover and make sure it's not clogged up with dust?
Hoovers generate a fair amount of static, which may not be a good idea with circuit boards - unless you invest in a specialist antistatic jobbie: http://mrpcclean.co.uk/product/datavac-esd-safe-ma...I'd pick up a can of compressed air instead
mikef said:
Hoovers generate a fair amount of static, which may not be a good idea with circuit boards - unless you invest in a specialist antistatic jobbie: http://mrpcclean.co.uk/product/datavac-esd-safe-ma...
I'd pick up a can of compressed air instead
When I was a server tech I used to have one of those anti-static vacuum cleaners and used it religiously.I'd pick up a can of compressed air instead
Now I don't own one and use a standard cleaner on my personal machines all the time and am yet to have any static problems. At 280 quid for the specialist item you could blow up a low end cpu/motherboard/ram and still be up on the deal.
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