Hardware damaged again.

I was going to suggest a nut!

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This is good advice. Also investigate how bagless vacuum cleaners operate and re-direct all your fans to draw air in from the outside instead of trying to suck the hot air out of the box. Creating low pressure inside the box encourages those dust bunnies to multiply in there further compounding your problems. Use a piece of cheesecloth as a filter, clean it often. Get the puter off the floor where the dust resides, or hire a maid, and it will help your problem. al

This is good advice. Also investigate how bagless vacuum cleaners operate and re-direct all your fans to draw air in from the outside instead of trying to suck the hot air out of the box. Creating low pressure inside the box encourages those dust bunnies to multiply in there further compounding your problems. Use a piece of cheesecloth as a filter, clean it often. Get the puter off the floor where the dust resides, or hire a maid, and it will help your problem. al

This is all not necessary.

1. First of all I am not happy with the heat situation so I want something better.

Somebody has suggested the antec 1200 case... it comes with dust filters which is very nice.

I am currently trying to investigate the antec 1200 case but my computer keeps crashing lol.

Hopefully it will stay a little bit stable now... otherwise I ll have to fire up my old pentium III again.

1. Second of all I have a backup-motherboard which should work flawlessly.

So all I need to do is get a new case, place the new motherboard in the case, put everything in the new case... and then see if everything is working allright.

If everything is working allright then I know it was the motherboard and I can send it back to the reseller to hopefully get a new one as backup.

Only risk is new motherboard might get damaged if some other component is bad but I don't think that's the case... and I don't think it will get damaged so fast in such a situation... because currently it's working kinda.

Bye, Skybuck.

| 2. Second of all I have a backup-motherboard which should work flawlessly.

The same model as what is currently installed? If not, you should expect to reinstall Windows.

...and it sounds like you should be considering that anyhow.

Under clock it.

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Dirk

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No, but I know what I saw, it short-circuited the electronics, twice.

Bye, Skybuck.

This plastic apperently can, I dare you to try it out ;)

My favorite mystery explanation:

Maybe it was charged with static electricity by all the wind.

That's a very good explanation because did you ever notice how the plastic sticks to your fingers ?

It's not because of the sticky stuff... it's the non sticky side that sticks as well.

That's static electricty at work right there !

And we all know that's bad for electronics usually ;) :)

Bye, Skybuck.

Take up flower arranging as a hobby. Less expensive when things go wrong.

Bye,

Michael

Of course! (Senior moment...)

Note on the time observation:

Apperently this is normal.

The pentium III with Windows XP Pro behaves in the same way:

It does:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Pause, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Pause, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Pause, etc.

Bye, Skybuck.

Do you have a brain me wonders ?

If the motherboard is damaged then it will seem like all equipment is failing since all equipment relies on proper functioning of the motherboard in the first place ;)

Bye, Skybuck.