Where to buy a PC

Jivesinger

Also, a 2-year-old PC hasn't lasted a 'reasonable' time so if it's broken, you may have a claim against whoever sold it to you under the consumer rights legislation. Others will know a lot more about this than me though.

System

soolin wrote: »

It's a Lenovo with all the pc stuff being in the monitor,

Sorry I missed the other thread, I work with these a lot as we use the touchscreen ones in our systems. Usually if they start OK but start to run slowly quite quickly and get worse to the point they won't start it is likely that the heatsink is blocked up with dust and fluff, its a common fault on the ones that come into my service department although they tend to be 3 years old or more however are operating in a clean environment. Cleaning it out requires removing the whole back and whilst it certainly is possible to do at home the amount of force you have to use to pop the clips off would usually put a lot of people off and if you get it wrong you can break the clips. Lenovo have good in depth service manuals on their website.

forgotmyname

Daughters Toshiba laptop kept shutting down. Stripped it down and yep the super fine fins for the CPU cooling was full of fluff.

Vacuum on the outlet and a blast of air to help shift the stubborn bits and all is well again.
If your PC or laptop has vents, connect the plug to the mains, you dont need to power it on, its just to reduce the rosk of static. and vacuum the vents out every now and then.

forgotmyname

This is from a PC i had in for repair... Can you guess what the fault was?

If you have a phobia about dust don't look

http://forgotmyname.50webs.com/MSE5431/heatsink.jpg

gonzo127

why with the usage stated did my mind instantly jump to one of these

http://www.ebuyer.com/698859-hannspree-pc-on-a-stick-snnpdi1b?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482417219&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CP3Z-4nP7tECFVNuGwod-xcGlQ

Jackmydad

forgotmyname wrote: »

This is from a PC i had in for repair... Can you guess what the fault was?

If you have a phobia about dust don't look

hxxp://forgotmyname.50webs.com/MSE5431/heatsink.jpg

Yeuk! :eek:
Mind you I clean my tower case out about every six months. It's surprising what builds up. And how much cooler it runs after.

DoaM

I clean out my laptop every few months. Fortunately mine is easy to do ... Take out 4 screws, remove a cover and the heatsink/fan is easily accessible.

forgotmyname

Jackmydad wrote: »

Yeuk! :eek:
Mind you I clean my tower case out about every six months. It's surprising what builds up. And how much cooler it runs after.

Luckily i have a utility room with a sink for jobs like that. Flushed it though, under the tap and yuk was an understatement. The sludge didn't go down the plughole, it just blocked it...

I did wonder if the user knew what a vacuum looked like.

GunJack

LOL, this thread reminds me of this, bookmarked it at the time :-

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/

spud17

This was still being used as the office pc in a craft brewery.