overheating

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41 seems very low for a CPU limit.

Make sure that the clamps that hold the CPU fan assembly are tight.
Sometime the plastic CPU retention plates break. CPU retention plates can
be purchased on ebay. (I have an AMD AM2 motherboard, and got an AM2 CPU
retention plate for 4 bucks. I had to remove the whole motherboard, replac
the plate, and reinstall the motherboard, but it worked.)


I find that fans need to be cleaned perhaps once a year, and heat sinks
need to be cleaned as well. They get slow and noisy and out-of-balance.
Noisy or locked fans can be removed, and the blades cleaned with wd40 or
fantastik and Q-tips. A drop of oil on the fan bearings help.

Compressed air cans can be used to blow dust out of heat sinks.
Make sure that no wires are interfering with the fan blades

good luck.

Duncan



> On 12-11-25 06:30 AM, Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
>> This is a somewhat old compact Dell machine that I use as my home
>> workstation. It serves me well for a long time. Except of one problem.
>>
>> It recently turns off due to overheating.
>
> How old is the machine? The computer turning off due to heat is most
> likely
> an indication that one (or more) fans have failed or are not working
> properly.
>
> Based on my experience with a Pentium II computer I used for 9 years I
> would
> check the fan in the power supply. My Pentium II ran nicely all those
> years
> (and would still work if I plugged it in today), but during the time it
> was
> getting a lot of use every day I had to replace the power supply twice due
> to a failing power supply fan.
>
> When a fan is on its way out it usually lets you know by a change in the
> noise level from the system. It might get noisier, or you can hear the fan
> struggling (like it is almost starting and stopping), or it might make a
> sort of squealing noise if the bearings are going.
>
> --
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>
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