not as of yet Sunny, but given my luck of recent times it'll be a foregone conclusion, been talking about getting a new Rig for years... will take it fully apart later and do a visual check on all the components, i think the HDD can be salvaged (and therefore my work) and am looking at getting a SATA-USB adapter to check, if so that's a bit of a bonus, the rest, given it's age might be a bit 'past it' (was a Dell Dimension 5100, only added a new Sound card (Soundblaster X-Fi thingy) and RAM), and have an eGeforce 8800GTS 'Superclocked' 640mb GFX card that's never been installed (Due to not being able to install it in the tower due to lack of space and the PSU being a weak unit... though i'm sure Dell themselves would be pleased to know that the 5100 lasted nearly 8 years almost constantly powered up...
... what are the common parts to be affected by heat? i'm guessing processor (i noticed when i ran maint on her a bit back the 'thermal paste' was a bit erm... thin on the ground), i also noticed when i was trying PC-CPR that the PSU box itself felt hot to the touch and the fan was idle... was making a noise like it was spinning the fan but fan was idle, if so that's delay moving the warm air out of the rig (Possibly why i could smell that acrid plastic smell?) so possible bearing failure in the fan? i'm just trying to think my way logically round the tower, piecing together a logical chain of events.... PC repair/Diagnosis i cannot do, as over here it costs an arm and a leg, and i need my arms and legs, just got to put up with this (not much younger) laptop until i can somehow accrue the funds to replace 'dino-PC'... but i'm not looking back, these things happen for a reason, it is for me to decipher what that reason was...
....anyone know of any lightly guarded banks, or armoured convoys i can possibly go 'play' with?
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