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Originally Posted by Praxeas
I would NOT do that. First of all do NOT touch any parts inside. Second buy a can of compressed air. Open the case. Hold it so it is tilted over so the dust bunnies come out. Get the compressed air and blow all the dust out. Don't tilt the can because the liquid will come out.
If the fan is excessively clogged and the air is not blowing it out then you might try a dry q-tip or something.
Make sure no wires are also impeding the movement of the fans.
Then check the fan on the power supply and clean it as well. After you hear the beeping is there any lights on? Does it continue to beep? Also, next time your PC does not boot up to the log in screen after having to shut it down or something (without doing it properly), put the original OS CD in, if it's Win XP and go to the restore console. It will ask if you want to run it and should put you in an MS-DOS like mode. Run chkdsk...which has taken the place of scandisk. If often puts lost files back in their place.
look for loose wires and cables. When you turn the PC on and the fan starts up, after the beep does the fan stop?
What OS? What CPU?
Maybe the video card is bad. How old is the PC?
Again when you open the PC be grounded. An static and you can fry the PC...
Also if the Fan was not working before, you may have over heated the CPU and in that case it may be toast.
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You have probably read by now that I believe it's the DIMM memory stick that's the problem. LR is looking at it for me, as she has wood floors. I have all carpet, and I don't want the static to damage it.
Thanks for the advice anyway though. I didn't take a vacuum to it.....LOL! Those are full of static!