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lj_robins

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Hi, I am working on a friends computer and the computer is functioning
really slow. Not to mention the computer will just lock up and you
have to reboot. Now the person they had fix their computer orignally
replaced thier hard drive, put more ram in and thats about it. Well
the retard didnt put any fans in the computer so the only fans where
the one on the CPU and the one in the power supply. The computer ran
this way for about a year and started having these problems. I tryed
putting a new harddrive in the computer and tryed formatting it and it
only got so far and stopped. Ohh sorry let me back up a bit and let
you know I did try anti virus and things like that. I even tryed a new
ribbon cable between the hard drive and the mother board and that didnt
work. So Im kinda at a loss and I am wondering if any one has had this
problem or if any one has any ideas on what the fix for the problem
could be or what I should do to go about trouble shooting this one.

Thank you,
RS

Hi,

With a brand new hard drive installed the overheating issue with the old
hard drive has been bypassed, forget about it, pretend it didn't happen.

When you formatted the new hard drive what error did it give you?

When the computer locks up do you hear any clicks, squeaks, beeps,
clanks, or clunks? Does it give any error messages?

When I build/modify systems I put a fan blowing in at the bottom front
and one blowing out at the top rear, above the power supply if possible
or as close to the CPU as possible or there isn't any room above the
power supply.

An excellent place for online computer help is:
http://www.cybertechhelp.net/

Later,

-Landon