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my computer? | 02/14/06 | Spacetrucker

Posted on 02/14/2006 5:10:15 AM PST by Spacetrucker

To anyone with a modicum of computer expertise :) I have been having a problem with my computer. It has been crashing a lot lately, and goes to a blue screen with the standard issue less-than-helpful blah blah. What I can tell you is that it says "MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTION" and follows with more gobblety-gook (yes, I know - not the most scientific of descriptions) then gives the STOP and specific system address of the exception. I can get more specific if anyone has an idea on how to correct this. THANX!!


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To: Spacetrucker
IF I can find someone who sells a case fan that will fit

If you are handy, you can easily adapt a smaller fan to fit.

What I did when my two fans started to get really noisy was to pop down the street to my local electronics mom and pop shop and buy two cheap fans. They didn't fit because they were too small by about 1/2 inch in width.
I shaped two pieces of pine board ~3" long, 1/4" thick and 3/4" wide and used contact cement to secure them to the sides of the fan.
When dry, I popped the fans into place and...Whoooppeee! New fans.

21 posted on 02/15/2006 7:10:45 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
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The only thing else I can think of when faced with a frustrating problem, is beer. Try feeding some though the keyboards a little at a time. When it comes spraying out the fan exhaust, stop. Beer is kind of like carburetor cleaner is to a carburetor. You'll want to do this while overclocking the motherboard and flushing out all that bad juju. Did I mention the unit price of beer is way better in a thirty pack? Anyways, you'll have to wait after the 'cleansing' process. For a day or so the computer might be cranky and not like direct sunlight. Push some buttered toast, bacon and eggs down through the keyboard then place the machine on your couch for an afternoon. It should be a good as new the next morning as if nothing happened.

Leisler.
22 posted on 02/15/2006 7:42:30 AM PST by Leisler (Islam Macht Fries!)
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To: Spacetrucker; Bloody Sam Roberts

Sam got it.

The fan makes sound and blows air, so that you can sense.

Open the bottom and wiggle all the memory to reseat all the contacts. while you're in there, look for little can shaped onjects(capacitors). they'll be around the CPU and memory area. See if any are bulging. If they are the motherboard needs a good tech, or replacement. Test.

If that don't work. Take it all out and put the minimum required mem in and retest.

If that don't work. Take that out and exchange for what was left out.

If you only have min memory in one, or 2 sticks, you may want to take it to a tech and have them test the board. they'll have good mem to test with.


23 posted on 02/15/2006 8:01:56 AM PST by spunkets
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>I have been having a problem with my computer. It has been crashing a lot lately, and goes to a blue screen with the standard issue less-than-helpful blah blah...


24 posted on 02/15/2006 8:04:29 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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Note:

If you're just surfing the net, the CPU is in low speed on some laptops. You'd have to run it with the power cord and some program that keeps the CPU going full blast. OR, set the fan to always on in the bios. You may have to set the CPU speed to full blast always. Also, if the fan's a problem, the case will be hot.


25 posted on 02/15/2006 8:07:33 AM PST by spunkets
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If the fan is running at all, get a can of compressed air, open the case, and blow out all the dust in it, specifically the dust near the fan. I have seen clogged fans cause problems like this. Usually on laptops, though, not desktops, but it could be worth a try.


26 posted on 02/15/2006 8:08:04 AM PST by JenB
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