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  1. stevegreen

    LAPTOP - Old Toshiba PC CardBus Problems

    I came across the same thing a while back,Is there anything listed in device manager for PCMCIA? if there is then update the driver,or remove PCMCIA and restart and it will find the ports.Are there any modems installed allready,look under device man,and remove them aswell before restart. I...
  2. stevegreen

    Heat Problems

    as you only have a 1.2 amd,you don't need the fans.just the one for the cpu and the one for the graphics card.If you put two more fans blowing in,you'll still have problems. I used to have a 1.1 amd duron,and I had 4 fans,and after a few months the cpu fan actually snapped off,(the plastic fan)...
  3. stevegreen

    Heat Problems

    as you only have a 1.2 amd,you don't need the fans.just the one for the cpu and the one for the graphics card.If you put two more fans blowing in,you'll still have problems. I used to have a 1.1 amd duron,and I had 4 fans,and after a few months the cpu fan actually snapped off,(the plastic fan)...
  4. stevegreen

    Heat Problems

    Yeap thats pretty much what I said before.That's your awnser.
  5. stevegreen

    Heat Problems

    for the hardware you've got,your processor would be under allot of pressure.A 1.2AMD isn't really sufficant
  6. stevegreen

    Heat Problems

    somewhere in your case there must be a fan which is blowing in the wrong direction.I would turn all the fans off expect the ones u have on the cpu and graphics card.and swictch the others on 1 at a time till u find the problem.It could be you've got too many fans running at the wrong speeds
  7. stevegreen

    Heat Problems

    It is air flow.theres air blowing in the opposite direction to the cpu fan,which is putting pressure on it and slowing it down,hence overheating and freezing the computer. It's a 1.2AMD.Why on earth do you think you need 8 fans????? I have a 1600xp and only have 1 fan on the processor
  8. stevegreen

    Motherboard or processor?

    Hi,I had the same problem.It's the processor.It's overheated. When I returned my computer to the shop I bought it,they replaced the motherboard.Which wasn't even the problem. Other things you could try are resetting the jumpers.If you have a modem installed try taking it out.Sometimes if a...

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