Out the blue, or more precisely the ether, I’ve just noticed this ‘peermail’ …
[i]One of your fellow TechRepublic members has sent you a private message:
From: vmorin@stockmanscasino.com
Subject: Dell overheating?
Message:
I have an older Dell insperion 6400 that runs for about an hour and then shuts down. I was thinking overheating but I can restart it right away and it will only run for a few minutes and then start the crazy actions before shut down. If I let it sit for several hours it will again run for about an hour and then shut down. During shut down the screen jumps and flashes and acts like I have pressed a key too many times and beeps. If I let it do this long enough (20 min)it will shut down. Generally I shut it down. I can not hear any fan running or feel any air moving. I have removed the screen and the Keyboard to get to the Fan and Heat sink to no avail. Am I on the right track with heat or could this be a fault of another kind. I have done a full restore on it with the same outcome. Any ideas?[/i]
Mmm… Well… ideas, eh?
[b]When was the last time you fried an egg??
If you cut off all the heat for a couple of minutes, do you notice that the egg returns to making the sound of an “egg frying” A LOT QUICKER THAN when you remove all heat for a couple of hours???!!![/b]
I did try to track ‘vmorin’ down on TR but since there’s 2 of them, and I [u]never[/u] reply to unknown personal one-off emails anyway – I elected to post this question here for proper Open Discussion.
The Casino email address made me a bit twitchy too. 😉
