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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.




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.

double phew!

I HATE when that happens.

Glad things worked out Snee.


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Fans running OK now

Good to know the thermal cut out on the PSU works OK

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!

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.

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.

Yeah, Snee,

don't forget to close the case.





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Glad all is well, Sneak!

Good that it´s running again, but I wouldn´t recommend oil for a bearing, but grease.

: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.

: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?



<runs>

Definitely Brit - its easier to collect in a pan underneath

Having owned several old leaking Big Twins. I can relate.
This one was the best and the worst.




Hope the computer runs cooler than that ol bitch did.

...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?

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