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Overheating problems
I seem to be having slowdowns or freezing up problems when my Dell is on for any lengh of time. The fan that cools the CPU seems to be just a little louder after it's been running for a while, but not that loud. I upgraded from 256 origional to 2 512 dell chips some time ago. The computer is out of warranty. Would anyone recommend ram coolers?
Ron
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name RON1
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 4550
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~1993 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A08, 9/23/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 600.19 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.91 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name RON1
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 4550
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~1993 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A08, 9/23/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 600.19 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.91 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
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neobrucelee
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Posted June 12th, 2005 15:00
how long ago did you notice this problem????what where u doin when u noticed this problem??had u changed your system config in any way??had u just got done doing a disk defrag?
and also your system information is all messed up post like how mine is. below.
neobrucelee
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Posted June 12th, 2005 16:00
since your computer is outa warrenty u can add as many fans/coolers as you want....if thats what the problem is.........and yeah ultra shields help alot.- It started about a month ago, just doing the norm, printing out photos or surfing ebay using word. It has happened since but never with the same program. I use Ad-Aware, Spybot, and the Ms beta ad aware to keep out the miners and the other things they find.RonDell Dimension 4550
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
1993mhz IntelProcessor [400]
DDR2100 Memory 1,024.00 MB [400mhz]
30gb Primary 7200rpm WDC WD300BB-75DEA0
40gb Slave Model 7200rpm Maxtor 5T040H4
LITE-ON LTR-48246S cdrw
MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8583
Video Card 32MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra
Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
DSL Ext Modem Sprint 645 Series
neobrucelee
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Posted June 12th, 2005 18:00
hmm maybe video card is starting to fail??or your processor its self is overheating?are you seeing artifacts shortly before the freeze? or crash?neobrucelee
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Posted June 12th, 2005 19:00
man u got me.....have u talked to a tech yet???try the online chat thingy....SOME of the techs actually graduated highschool and might have some clue what there doin.....if u get one that didnt graduate im sorry.- No artifacts; when the program doesn't respond, I do a control alt delete, and try to end the non- responding task. if that works, then I reboot to clear everything out. If the taskmanager freezes up, I manually shut the computer off and wait until I feel things have cooled down and restart the computer. In fact the last time that happened, Netscape 8.0 reverted back to it's origional downloaded style and it lost its bookmarks and addresses. I keep backup files of both so I didn't have to start from scratch. The odd thing was that it still showed previous days web sites in history.Dell Dimension 4550
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
1993mhz IntelProcessor x86
DDR2100 Memory 1,024.00 MB [400mhz]
30gb Primary 7200rpm WDC WD300BB-75DEA0
40gb Slave Model 7200rpm Maxtor 5T040H4
LITE-ON LTR-48246S cdrw
MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8583
Video Card 32MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra
Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
DSL Ext Modem Sprint 645 Series
Ron - I appreciate the try ..... this forum has fixed many a problem for me. I would recomment it to anyone. I will try a tech and reply hopefully with an answer.Dell Dimension 4550
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
1993mhz IntelProcessor x86
DDR2100 Memory 1,024.00 MB [400mhz]
30gb Primary 7200rpm WDC WD300BB-75DEA0
40gb Slave Model 7200rpm Maxtor 5T040H4
LITE-ON LTR-48246S cdrw
MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8583
Video Card 32MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra
Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
DSL Ext Modem Sprint 645 Series
Ron neobrucelee
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Posted June 12th, 2005 20:00
yeah sorry i cant be more help.....someone should come on soon that knows more then me and they can prolly help u :)
im limited in you area cause of the fact i dont own nor ever have owned a system like urs.

drew-and-not-u
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Posted June 12th, 2005 15:00
If you really suspect that it is a heat problem you might check and make sure your thermal grease is in tact, between the CPU and its heatsink. If the ambient temp of the case is pretty high and your memory feels hot you might try some Ultra heat shields. They can be found for cheap and just snap onto your memory. If you think your stock fan/heatsink isn't cutting it, try getting a new fan/heatsink combo and putting that on, though you'll have to leave the stock fan in place to avoid boot errors. And of course, if you haven't already done so, check for spyware and adware. Hope that helps!
good luck!