Overheating still...

[L.Tolstoi]

Friends,

First of all, thanks for the advices you posted before on how to solve the
overheating problem.

I carried out the procedures as advised. I opened the case, cleaned the
fans and the surrounding areas and it is still overheating. The same
problem is happening: when I try to use processor power (let's say,
running Lives to capture a segment from a dvd), the machine shuts down! I
thought of installing a slower processor to see if it will keep
overheating and trying to substitute the fans.

Any suggestions?

cheers,
Luis Felipe.

[Rudolph Pienaar]

Hi Luis -

Post by L.Tolstoi
running Lives to capture a segment from a dvd), the machine shuts down! I
thought of installing a slower processor to see if it will keep
overheating and trying to substitute the fans.

Well - before doing that, try rather and just run the CPU at a lower
frequency. If you're running a modern distro, you should be able to scale
your frequency speed. You can also look here:

http://cpuspeedy.sourceforge.net/

for a simple command-line app that you can use to explicitly set your CPU
frequency. Running my 3000Z on 800Mhz (cpuspeedy 800 Mhz) definitely runs it
as "cool" as possible.

HTH
-=R

[Roberto Bertolusso]

That happened to me in the past (I have the 2.4GHz). To solve it I took
out the 4 screws that are holding the cooling stuff, cleaned the core
and put some new of the gray grease (or whatever it is...) in the core,
put everything back into place, and the machine run at least at 15-20
deg Celsius cooler. I do it once in a while. Works perfect for me. Also
you have the opportunity of cleaning better the internal areas.

Roberto

Post by L.Tolstoi
Friends,
First of all, thanks for the advices you posted before on how to solve the
overheating problem.
I carried out the procedures as advised. I opened the case, cleaned the
fans and the surrounding areas and it is still overheating. The same
problem is happening: when I try to use processor power (let's say,
running Lives to capture a segment from a dvd), the machine shuts down! I
thought of installing a slower processor to see if it will keep
overheating and trying to substitute the fans.
Any suggestions?
cheers,
Luis Felipe.
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[alan]

Post by Roberto Bertolusso
That happened to me in the past (I have the 2.4GHz). To solve it I took
out the 4 screws that are holding the cooling stuff, cleaned the core
and put some new of the gray grease (or whatever it is...) in the core,
put everything back into place, and the machine run at least at 15-20
deg Celsius cooler. I do it once in a while. Works perfect for me. Also
you have the opportunity of cleaning better the internal areas.

I also found that running the machine on top of a piece of paper is a bad
thing. It gets sucked up by the fan, blocks airflow and it
shutsdown/overheats within minutes.

Post by Roberto Bertolusso
Roberto

Post by L.Tolstoi
Friends,
First of all, thanks for the advices you posted before on how to solve the
overheating problem.
I carried out the procedures as advised. I opened the case, cleaned the
fans and the surrounding areas and it is still overheating. The same
problem is happening: when I try to use processor power (let's say,
running Lives to capture a segment from a dvd), the machine shuts down! I
thought of installing a slower processor to see if it will keep
overheating and trying to substitute the fans.
Any suggestions?
cheers,
Luis Felipe.
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