Had a user call reporting their computer shutting off suddenly. On reboot, they received the message "On last operation CPU reported a thermal event" Well.. This told me that the CPU fan had probably choked and the CPU had overheated causing the PC shut down. Upon inspection I found my initial thought was only partially correct. The CPU had overheated, that was obvious, because the heat sync below the fan was completely clogged with dust... or a small feline, I'm not sure which. BUT, The fan … [Read more...]
To Clean? or Not To Clean?!?
This is another post that got lost in the WordPress conversion. A good friend of mine called me a few weeks back having trouble with his modem..... I know, that title and first line probably remind you of one of those jokes... A horse, Rabbit, and Turtle went into a bar... Anyway, we had just had a large set of storms here in town and this was really of no surprise as I had been playing fix-it already that day. Turns out that lightning had come in on his phone line and fried his modem... … [Read more...]