No video in PC after 45 mins approx

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Last post didn't post

Anyway it's an onboard video card

I wonder is it such a big fault it's not worth adding a video card

It's a repair for a customer ..

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Lots of very good ideas here ....

I tried new thermal paste on heat sink - same

The machine doesn't go into suspend

The video fails after approx 45 mins

I had to leave the house so I stuck a video card in and will return and see if the problem is still happening.

What do people think - if it works on an External card is that a satisfactory fix or does this motherboard anomaly mean the PC is best recycled? I'm wonder whether to Recomend a new PC to the customer or run with this "patch" idea - that if it cures the problem ....

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Last comment - main board or cpu integrated - any way I can check that ?

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check the properties of your cpu - you can google all on line

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CPU - it's an intel r core i3 2120 cpu @ 3.30 ghz

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any comments on my post? id 41855771

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I may have missed it, but I've not seen any evidence that it is clear if this is just the video blanking (for whatever reason) or the computer locking up. Is there any?