[Klug-general] P.C. Cut out

[David Halliday]

Can you be more specific about "Stops working", are we talking complete
system hang or go slow or something else?

Some suggestions off the top of my head:

   - Try it with a "Live CD" distribution (or two) to rule out anything
   with the machines software installation.
   - I had trouble with an old laptop which had a software controlled fan
   for the CPU (save power when the CPU isn't that hot) I had to install acpi
   stuff and all of a sudden the problems went away:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface
   - If you are more technical/linux aware:
   - Have a look at output of: dmesg
      - Have a look at: /var/log/message
      - Have a look at output of: lspci
      - Play with memtest

Not strictly all Linux but you might find a lot of handy tools for hardware
testing and diagnostics on this CD:
http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/


On 30 November 2011 15:03, Rich <klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>  I  have a problem with my partner's desktop. It tends to stop working at
> irregular intervals.
>  At first I thought that maybe it was a cooling problem as I had to remove
> the heat sink to change the existing drives to hers. I carefully cleaned
> the surfaces of the CPU and heat sink and applied fresh compound, but this
> has not solved it. You can turn the machine on at once and it boots up
> again with no problems. Sometimes it runs for hours, sometimes a few
> minutes.
>  I do wonder if the fault was pre-existing when purchased, I only saw it
> running for a few minutes (XP installed).
>  Any Ideas appreciated
>                                     Rich
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