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« on: June 02, 2007, 04:33:58 AM »
I know this is probably a dumb ? but... When i am running Azureus or creating a larger .rar file and leave my computer for a while and come back it has shut off and somehow overheated is there any way to fix this or do i just need a better computer
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2007, 07:48:16 AM »
Tower or laptop?
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2007, 10:01:22 AM »
Get some caned air.. blow it into the heat sink to dislodge the dust that has caked it. 
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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2007, 10:03:53 AM »
Be sure to hold the canned air the right way and not upside down...i found that out the hard way on an old pc  uglystupid2
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2007, 08:17:46 PM »
Its a labtob thanks ill try that and let you know
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2007, 08:32:43 PM »
I used to have the same problem. It was do to overheating. Do what Swimmer said and that should clear up the problem.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2007, 10:40:08 AM »
works great now thanks
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2007, 06:56:50 PM »
Good to hear!
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