Re: No installation on new hardware

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:31:46 +0000, houghi wrote:
Come to think of it, it might have been also the videocard. As I
have ones with passive headsinks and I did the trials with the lid open,
perhaps there was not enough airflow to cool them
I once had a similar problem during the summer months.

The machine would boot up and everything was fine for about 10 minutes
and then it would just freeze regardless of what one was doing.

I eventually checked the video card and the fan on it was not working
as it should have because of the accumulation of fluff. After giving it
a really good clean with a can of air, the freezing of the system never
occurred again.

The moral of the story was, ensure that the video card as well as
everything else is being adequately cooled.
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