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Old February 27th, 2009, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by OneEskalera View Post
Also, try running an electric fan infront of the computer, perhap something is heating in it, causing it to shut down prematurely.
Good call. That was what I thought. The combination of the Hard Drive, and increased CPU usage probably overheated it. Even if the fan doesn't work, a good cleaning sure can't hurt. I have one that is a pain to clean (have to take out the keyboard to get to 1 screw) but it is required a couple of times a year.
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