tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52422347362588511462011-04-21T15:54:13.151-07:00Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060076395794685502noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242234736258851146.post-76204099647854036862008-04-16T17:48:00.001-07:002008-04-17T02:38:25.387-07:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/howiegoing/2418393581/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2418393581_93f41029a7_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" > <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/howiegoing/2418393581/">Dusty heatsink</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/howiegoing/">howiegoing</a> </span></div>Anybody ... no? Dust?<br /><br />A thick layer of dust built up between the CPU heatsink and its fan. This left the CPU running at 92 ^oc! Once removed the CPU was barely hitting 50.<br /><br />The machine would frequently die, but it wasn't until I touched the heatsink fins by accident that I realised it must be overheating. After checking the bios and finding the CPU temperature at over 90 degrees I set about upgrading the heatsink. Thats when I noticed the grey carpet, and out came the Dyson.<br /><br />Why don't these things ship with the bios temperature warning enabled by default?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5242234736258851146-7620409964785403686?l=howiegoing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060076395794685502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242234736258851146.post-10330696126832989842008-04-16T17:01:00.000-07:002008-04-16T17:51:36.666-07:00I couldn't decide what to name this blog (or this post), so it sort of named itself.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5242234736258851146-1033069612683298984?l=howiegoing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060076395794685502noreply@blogger.com0