[BNM] Anyone familiar with SpeedFan?

[Gillian Pearce]

HI Paul
Thanks for the offer. It is full of dust. I'll try and clean it and let you
know.

CHeers
Gillian

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Paul Silver <paul at tenpastmidnight.com>wrote:

> Hi Gillian,
>
> Feel free to send me a screenshot of the speedfan report, though I've
> not used it much either. If you've got red flames I'd suggest shutting
> it down, opening it up and seeing if there's dust you can blow out of
> anything. If not, I'd look at changing the fan that blows over the
> processor.
>
> The heatsink over the processor on my old PC used to get filled with
> dust, so it needed blowing/cleaning out about once a year to keep things
> happily cool.
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:08:09 +0000, "Gillian Pearce"
> <gjpcoach at gmail.com> said:
> > Hi
> > I've been having problems with my pc freezing up and have narrowed it
> > down
> > to a probable overheating issue.
> >
> > After much research I installed SpeedFan but, sadly, as I anticipated,
> > I'm
> > not able to understand the results. Basically I end up with 2 temperature
> > sources showing red flames   (which I assume is bad) but I don't actually
> > know what part of the computer these particular temperatures are
> > referring
> > to. Reading the instructions leads me none the wiser.
> >
> > Anyone know the software who can guide me as to how to find out what the
> > exact source of the overheating is?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Gillian
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