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Baron Pepperpot

Active member
Jul 26, 2012
1,558
Brighton
Exactly the above. The fan seems clogged.

Can anyone recommend a place to go to get the problem sorted swiftly and reasonably priced ?
 




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jmsc

New member
Jul 19, 2003
647
Old Shoreham Road :o(
Um, if the fan seems clogged then clean it!

If you want to waste £50 then bring it to my house, I'll do it and also find
loads more expensive things that might need doing!
 


BadFish

BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
17,102
Baron Pepperpot said:
Exactly the above. The fan seems clogged.

Can anyone recommend a place to go to get the problem sorted swiftly and reasonably priced ?
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Get a can of compressed air and youtube your computer model and follow the instructions.
 


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Smeagull

Member
Mar 20, 2012
96
Is it a laptop or a desktop? And what fan are you talking about? Is it a case fan or the CPU fan?
If its the CPU fan and its clogged with dust then removing the fan and cleaning it will help. If its quite an old PC then you might might need to clean and reapply some thermal paste to the CPU as well.
 






beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,287
BadFish said:
Get a can of compressed air and youtube your computer model and follow the instructions.
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this. can buy from large tescos types, Maplin or online. it can be expensive on the highstreet, for exactly the same thing.
do it outside mind, as there will be a crap load of dust.
 








beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,287
Justice said:
If its an earlier HP model then its a design fault.
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thats a broad brush. how much "earlier"? 5, 15 years? theres been many individual product lines with problems over the years.
 


Superphil

Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,416
In a pile of football shirts
A new fan will cost a few quid, the connectors are usually quite universal. Unplug the fan, take it to your local computer spares shop, I'm sure you'll be able to get a match.
 






grawhite

grawhite

Well-known member
Jul 6, 2011
1,432
Brighton
Can of compressed air, also make sure all the case fans are also clean of dust, if you have seperate graphics card with a fan, also defluff too, as 50% of pc overheats are not just cpu fan.
 


seagurn

seagurn

Well-known member
Feb 19, 2007
1,971
County town
thought it was a thread about pc Balkham dropping his truncheon at pompey or his face when an unexpected coach turned up at stoke.
 






Laughing Gravy

Laughing Gravy

I'm a ****
Jan 8, 2010
1,377
In my bungalow
Hoovering is good. Also when the weather is very warm I take the side of my case off and use a stand up room fan, which will help keep it cool.
Sometimes the bios is set to switch the pc off at a certain temperature to prevent damage to the cpu and other components.
 






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