IT Geek Help

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:14 am

steve_weegie wrote:
kenny wrote:Steve, fancy sorting my laptop? Its riddled!
Sure, riddled with what exactly? Naked ladies and my fee (payable in beer) might go down a bit

Not sure, did hae a couple of nasty malware thingies that I managed to remove although even with a stack of anti virus, firewalls and anti malware software its now grinding to a halt. Needs a clear out and cleared of all remaining dodgy stuff.

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:51 pm

Sure kenny, i'll sort out for you. I'm off to my mums for xmas but i'll be back through on the 27th. Will probably take a couple of hours, so just gimmie a bell / pm etc etc when your around.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:40 pm

Now it is my turn to beg for some help.

My PC keeps switching itself off.

I have checked the power settings and everything seems fine there it's set to "always on" but after an hour or so if just switches off, inside all the LAN lights are on but to fire the machine back up you have to pull out the power cord and switch off at the back then puck back in switch on and off you go.

at first I thought that a fan had failed and it was all over heating but they are all working.

any idea's ?

no it's not the screensaver

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:11 pm

Boot it into the BIOS and check that all the power saving crap in the BIOS is turned off.

Remember also you can name the power setting profiles anything you like, so "Always on" could still have "suspend after 1 hour" - you need to check the actual settings rather than just which profile it's on. Generally it should say "never" next to each of the options ...

Cheers,
Robin

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:19 pm

it might be a hot cpu as it's 122C

Just cleaned out the heatsink and I am going to turn it off and see what happens

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:11 pm

Had a poke aqround the bios and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary although now I am tempted to overclock it

i removed all the fans and cleaned them out and now the CPU is keeping cool problem solved

now I may need to get a vacuum cleaner:(

Blaque · Post by **Blaque** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:34 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:but to fire the machine back up you have to pull out the power cord and switch off at the back then puck back in switch on and off you go.

any idea's ?

no it's not the screensaver

I've had the the very same problem, but could be after 10 minutes or hours. Turned out that the RAM was to blame. Try reseating the memory and see if that helps.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:29 am

steve_weegie wrote:Sure kenny, i'll sort out for you. I'm off to my mums for xmas but i'll be back through on the 27th. Will probably take a couple of hours, so just gimmie a bell / pm etc etc when your around.

You in Haddington? I am just down the road in East Saltoun.

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:30 am

BiggestNizzy wrote:Had a poke aqround the bios and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary although now I am tempted to overclock it
i removed all the fans and cleaned them out and now the CPU is keeping cool problem solved

now I may need to get a vacuum cleaner:(

10p says its an AMD machine.... They dont thermal throttle like the intel chips so when they overheat, the motherboard just panics and kills the power...

Surprised you've not built your own peltier cooler jet nizzy

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:42 am

kenny wrote:
steve_weegie wrote:Sure kenny, i'll sort out for you. I'm off to my mums for xmas but i'll be back through on the 27th. Will probably take a couple of hours, so just gimmie a bell / pm etc etc when your around.

You in Haddington? I am just down the road in East Saltoun.

Sure am, but only back on the home turf until tomorrow morning as work and Glasgow are calling

Good roads out of east saulton - up to gifford then back down the cockles to haddington is still one of my faves! How long you out east for? I'll be kicking around haddington on friday evening or we can catch up sometime back west if you like?

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:28 pm

steve_weegie wrote:
BiggestNizzy wrote:Had a poke aqround the bios and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary although now I am tempted to overclock it
i removed all the fans and cleaned them out and now the CPU is keeping cool problem solved

now I may need to get a vacuum cleaner:(
10p says its an AMD machine.... They dont thermal throttle like the intel chips so when they overheat, the motherboard just panics and kills the power...

Surprised you've not built your own peltier cooler jet nizzy

Yes it's an AMD machine

and it is fixed now lasted all night without going on fire

they don't look that hard but I think I have a water cooler at work

, works like an air conditioner, I could get it plumbed into the case......

VXJON · Post by **VXJON** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:35 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:
they don't look that hard but I think I have a water cooler at work , works like an air conditioner, I could get it plumbed into the case......

One of the guys on the vx site had a bash at the water cooled idea, so he fitted a radiator from a Honda civic

evocarlos wrote:right here's how it stands now

back side or rad where fans will be going

close up of the manifolds i made

ohhh illuminated
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BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:52 pm

Loving his work

It would work better if he ran a fan on the rad and a compressor as the current setup will only allow it to run at room temp. he could try running it on meths fitting an expansion valve and a compressor, it wouldn't work as well as a refrigeration gas (you need to be qualified for that& R22 is good) but should work enough.

rad would be high pressure side, case would be low pressure side

It may frost up that could be a problem

I have taken that to far haven't I ?

cla5h · Post by **cla5h** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:17 pm

Never mind all the fancy cooling crap - look at the quality of carpets these VX guys have in their houses.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:41 pm

Scott M wrote:Never mind all the fancy cooling crap - look at the quality of carpets these VX guys have in their houses.

more proof they have no taste