Sheldon Livingston
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Air flow
I have a computer that freezes lest the side of the case is removed.
It has a blowhole, with a fan, at the top, blowing air out of the case.
It has 2 fans in the front sucking in air.
It has 2 fans in the rear blowing out air.
One fan on the side sucking in air.
It has one HD (80 GB), on Athlon XP 3000+ and 512MB of RAM (PC2100 and PC2700).
I know it is a heating issue...
Please help.
It has a blowhole, with a fan, at the top, blowing air out of the case.
It has 2 fans in the front sucking in air.
It has 2 fans in the rear blowing out air.
One fan on the side sucking in air.
It has one HD (80 GB), on Athlon XP 3000+ and 512MB of RAM (PC2100 and PC2700).
I know it is a heating issue...
Please help.
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Computer runs fine until I put the side on it... then it freezes after a period of time.
does that side panel has an airduct or fan mounted on it? it can be dislodging something
ASKER
The 'clear' side panel has a fan on it.
then, look at the airflow in your system, and look for parts and cables which can obstruct the flow. Reroute them as necessary
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But allow me 1 Q : why do you think it is a heating issue? you certainly have a lot of fans in there, but it can be caused by other devices too : PSU, CPU, Ram, Disk. did you test those yet?
If not, i suggest downloading the ubcd, and run memtest86+ for the Ram, and the Hitachi drive fitness test (or any other you like) for the disk : http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/download.html