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A scary moment

Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:22 pm

Shut down the PC and left home in a hurry this morning.

When I got back I started up as normal, after about 15 mins the sound hung and everything locked.

Tried a reboot , got some beeps and then POST and froze at the XP progress bar with some graphics corrupted.

tried safe mode and it just sat there

Tried 3 more reboots and nothing.

Time to panic/ cuss etc.

Time to visit spaghetti city and haul the base tower out.

move speaker etc.

Case was red hot.

:evil: :evil: :evil:


Open case and have a look, wait a bit and power on. PC starts to boot up

= Fan not turning - OK poke it with a stick and it starts spinning.

oh hell Pictures gone all green and is skewed a few degrees off level.

Have I fried my graphics - hell!

Wait DOH! speaker sitting on monitor now , move it switch monitor off and on - all back to normal.

PHEW!

I need a drink now. :badgrin:
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:57 pm

double phew!

I HATE when that happens.

Glad things worked out Snee.


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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:41 pm

Fans running OK now

Good to know the thermal cut out on the PSU works OK :lol:
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Post by AltarBoy » Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:03 pm

Man, that overheating reminds me of my dear departed PC. If I were you Sneaks I'd still have that machine checked out. Glad your Mobo didn't get fried or your GC or else it's kaput!
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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:09 pm

No worries AB I ran speed fan as soon as it rebooted to check onboard temps and they were acceptable. I will be keeping an eye on the PSU though, and checking out the fan.
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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:26 am

Final word on this is that after opening the case of the PSU; it seemed that the fan bearing were a bit stiff.

Luckily it was a serviceable unit and removing the rubber dust seal and adding a couple of drops of cycle oil, and running the fan on an independent 12v adaptor. everything freed up.

replace the rubber grommit. Case closed.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:43 am

Yeah, Snee,

don't forget to close the case.

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Whew!

Post by :FI:Heloego » Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:04 am

Glad all is well, Sneak! :D
...and wear your feckin' mask!!!!! :x
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Post by :FI:Airway » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:56 pm

Good that it´s running again, but I wouldn´t recommend oil for a bearing, but grease.
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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:00 pm

:FI:Airway wrote:Good that it´s running again, but I wouldn´t recommend oil for a bearing, but grease.
So would I normally. Penetrating oil would have been too thin, but the cycle oil was just right.
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Post by :FI:WillieOFS » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:00 pm

:FI:Sneaky_Russian wrote:
So would I normally. Penetrating oil would have been too thin, but the cycle oil was just right.
Japanese or Brit? Two cycle, or four? Monthly?

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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:07 pm

Definitely Brit - its easier to collect in a pan underneath :lol:


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Post by :FI:WillieOFS » Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:41 pm

:lol:

Having owned several old leaking Big Twins. I can relate. ;)
This one was the best and the worst. :roll:
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Post by AltarBoy » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:03 pm

...but I wouldn´t recommend oil for a bearing, but grease.
But dust will stick to grease and you're back to square one. Wouldn't it?
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Post by :FI:Airway » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:37 pm

Yes but the bearing has a rubber dust seal, as Sneak said.

Oil would be thrown out, even with the dust seal attached again.

And if that oil conducts electricity.... oh oh :shock:
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