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#1 sldman

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 08:06 PM

I have a five year old compaq presario, MS XP, SP3, 1gig ram, not sure of processor.....
System suddenly turns off after booting on start up.....Will not turn back on for an hour or so.....
Then when rebotting....same thing.....Fan problem? Is it getting too hot? Fans go off....then system
goes off....System has business files on it that have not been backed up yet.....Help please....
Thanks you guys....

#2 garmanma

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 09:25 PM

5 years? Have you ever opened it up and cleaned it out?

Here's a tutorial on how to go about it
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/cleaning-the-inside-of-your-pc/

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#3 figgis41

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 02:56 PM

hi,,, as mark says its probably clogged with crap,,, make sure you ground your self (earth) then take the side off and turn it on,, if the fan stops for no reason,,, then the fan could be guff,,, change it for another,, they usually clip on and of simply enough,,,, get a can of compressed air and blow all the crap out,,, also make sure the heatsink is still firmly mounted to the processor,,,
good luck.

Figgis,,,, LUFC