Comments on: One of my computers nearly melted. http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-853 Josh Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:04:53 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-853 Nils: I think something along those lines may have been what killed my CPU fan as well. I didn't realize it beforehand, but the whole computer was stuffed full of dust. It's a wonder the thing didn't just catch fire. Nils: I think something along those lines may have been what killed my CPU fan as well. I didn’t realize it beforehand, but the whole computer was stuffed full of dust. It’s a wonder the thing didn’t just catch fire.

]]> By: Nils http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-848 Nils Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:22:02 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-848 <a href="http://nodependenciesnologo.wordpress.com/2006/03/27/i-couldn%e2%80%99t-have-blogged-in-the-first-place/" rel="nofollow">Sure have.</a> ;-) Sure have.
;-)

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-854 Josh Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:54:00 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-854 Joshua: Whatever works, man. :) I've heard of people setting up one of those small freezers to place their whole computer inside, to keep everything cool. Joshua: Whatever works, man. :) I’ve heard of people setting up one of those small freezers to place their whole computer inside, to keep everything cool.

]]> By: Joshua J. Slone http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-855 Joshua J. Slone Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:37:23 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-855 You'll get a lame kick out of this one... It happened after a power outage a week or two ago, so I'm thinking that was the catalyst for messing with the power supply fan in the computer I'm using right now. After using for about 20 minutes, it would shut off and blink. Have we taken the proper steps to fix it yet? No. I left the side of the case open, and put a green plastic fan to the side of the thing. Working like a charm. You’ll get a lame kick out of this one…

It happened after a power outage a week or two ago, so I’m thinking that was the catalyst for messing with the power supply fan in the computer I’m using right now. After using for about 20 minutes, it would shut off and blink. Have we taken the proper steps to fix it yet? No. I left the side of the case open, and put a green plastic fan to the side of the thing. Working like a charm.

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-852 Josh Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:08:16 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-852 Jay: Sounds like a good enough excuse to me. My excuse for not getting a new computer is my wallet. ;) Jay: Sounds like a good enough excuse to me. My excuse for not getting a new computer is my wallet. ;)

]]> By: Jay http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-851 Jay Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:09:37 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-851 Considerably more. haha :D I merely used the slowly dying fan as an excuse to finally get something new. Considerably more. haha :D
I merely used the slowly dying fan as an excuse to finally get something new.

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-857 Josh Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:01:07 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-857 Jay: The difference being, my computer "fix" came to about three dollars. What did yours come to? ;) Jay: The difference being, my computer “fix” came to about three dollars. What did yours come to? ;)

]]> By: Jay http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-849 Jay Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:58:12 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-849 Pretty much the same thing started happening to my CPU fan back in January. Long story short, I bought a Mac. :) Pretty much the same thing started happening to my CPU fan back in January. Long story short, I bought a Mac. :)

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-858 Josh Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:08:41 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-858 Zeitlos: That sucks that it happened on such a new computer. I hope the computer store fixed it for free. Karyl: OC'ing a 486 to run Unreal Tournament <em>is</em> a pretty amazing accomplishment. :) Also, throwing it into his back yard and hosing it down was an excellent solution to the flaming CPU. Carl: Glad to hear you, too, caught the problem before it ate your system! Zeitlos: That sucks that it happened on such a new computer. I hope the computer store fixed it for free.

Karyl: OC’ing a 486 to run Unreal Tournament is a pretty amazing accomplishment. :) Also, throwing it into his back yard and hosing it down was an excellent solution to the flaming CPU.

Carl: Glad to hear you, too, caught the problem before it ate your system!

]]> By: Carl http://system13.org/2007/03/12/one-of-my-computers-nearly-melted/#comment-850 Carl Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:37:15 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=279#comment-850 I had the same thing happen in my power supply last week. The fan just started going slower and slower and slower over the course of a few hours. Thankfully ASUS' little monitoring program alerted me as soon as it slowed down (and booted me out of my Counterstrike game). But for a wholly acceptable reason. I shut the PC down, ordered a new PSU and was very happy that I was there to catch it. Even though the software will shutdown the PC if any of its fans were to fail, I don't want to rely on it in case it fails to work. I had the same thing happen in my power supply last week. The fan just started going slower and slower and slower over the course of a few hours.

Thankfully ASUS’ little monitoring program alerted me as soon as it slowed down (and booted me out of my Counterstrike game). But for a wholly acceptable reason.

I shut the PC down, ordered a new PSU and was very happy that I was there to catch it. Even though the software will shutdown the PC if any of its fans were to fail, I don’t want to rely on it in case it fails to work.

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