Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop

From	R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.hardware
Subject	Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop
Date	2017-02-10 22:07 -0500
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On 02/10/2017 05:19 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> R2D4 wrote:
>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> R2D4 wrote:
>>>
>>> You sure the cause is not also the cause of your taskbar freeze problem
>>> that you posted about over in alt.comp.os.windows-10?
>>
>> That wasn't me, no taskbar problems that I know of.
>
> Oops, different mishmash nym.  Sorry.
>
>>> When was the last time you dusted out the inside of your unidentified
>>> computer?  Dust, lint, and pet hair are thermal insulators.  You need to
>>> get out the dust, especially from the heat sinks.  In the 5 years that
>>> you owned the desktop, have you ever dusted it out?
>>
>> Yes I have.  Believe it or not, I've actually used an electric leaf
>> blower with the PC case opened outdoors to dust them.
>
> That won't provide the focus you need to blow the dust out from between
> the fins of a heatsink.  I could throw a stick of dynamite onto the top
> of my backyard but the blast won't get rid of the moles under the soil.
>

I took the desktop outside and used the canned air covering all the 
areas discussed here.  So far, so good.  I'm trying to keep a careful 
watch on voltages and temps, especially when I start up programs and 
videos.  Just have to wait and see if it does it again.  Thanks for you 
and others help here.

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sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 11:34 -0500
  Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop "Rodney Pont" <mlist4@infohit.me.uk> - 2017-02-10 17:23 +0000
    Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 12:35 -0500
  Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-10 14:35 -0600
    Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 15:56 -0500
      Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-10 16:19 -0600
        Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop R2D4 <r2d4@stwars.com> - 2017-02-10 22:07 -0500
          Re: sudden shutdown and/or freezing of XP/ Win 7 Desktop VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-11 00:58 -0600

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