Omnimaga
General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Happybobjr on November 12, 2010, 11:27:55 am
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My computer Is having some serious issues.
It shuts down after 30-60 min of being on.
There is no warning or anything. It just powers down as is if the plug was pulled.
This has nothing to do with Omnimaga in the least, other than the fact that I don't find it worth the 10 min. I will be on the computer after start up. I will continue to log in durring school, but my activity will shoot straight down the drain.
Long live king Graphmastur! ;)
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My computer Is having some serious issues.
It shuts down after 30-60 min of being on.
There is no warning or anything. It just powers down as is if the plug was pulled.
This has nothing to do with Omnimaga in the least, other than the fact that I don't find it worth the 10 min. I will be on the computer after start up. I will continue to log in durring school, but my activity will shoot straight down the drain.
Long live king Graphmastur! ;)
So sorry, I like you very much, it's a shame you have that problem :(
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My computer Is having some serious issues.
It shuts down after 30-60 min of being on.
There is no warning or anything. It just powers down as is if the plug was pulled.
Could it be overheating? Maybe a fan is broken or something.
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My computer Is having some serious issues.
It shuts down after 30-60 min of being on.
There is no warning or anything. It just powers down as is if the plug was pulled.
That sucks x.x Sounds like overheating, though, as Goplat said.
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My computer Is having some serious issues.
It shuts down after 30-60 min of being on.
There is no warning or anything. It just powers down as is if the plug was pulled.
Could it be overheating? Maybe a fan is broken or something.
ya, but i think the damage is allready done.
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Happybojr, can't you tkae it to a repair shop?
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My computer Is having some serious issues.
It shuts down after 30-60 min of being on.
There is no warning or anything. It just powers down as is if the plug was pulled.
Could it be overheating? Maybe a fan is broken or something.
ya, but i think the damage is allready done.
That's too bad. Don't leave Omni, though :D
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would it be possible to get a new laptop? :(
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That's too bad. Don't leave Omni, though :D
I'm sure he won't, but it's hard to calc program when connecting through school computers :S
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For most of the linking stuff I do, I use public library computers.
TiLP's installed here though :)
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That's too bad. Don't leave Omni, though :D
I'm sure he won't, but it's hard to calc program when connecting through school computers :S
He might use MSD8X+USB8X+USBAdapter ???
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Yes, but he can't spend a long time in school computers. There are lots of facts that make it true hard to program in school computers, really
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Go buy a can of air and blow out any collected dust and dust bunnies.
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Yes, but he can't spend a long time in school computers. There are lots of facts that make it true hard to program in school computers, really
Such as TiLP and TI-Connect failing epically hard most of the time because of misconfigured computers. None worked on the 32 college multimedia computers that had serial and USB ports.
I'm sorry to hear Happybobjr. I hope you can get a new computer soon. It would kinda suck if you left for good because you coudl never get a new comp again. X.x
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don`t worry, i will never quit om......
but chances are i won't be uploading N E thing
Nor will i have more than 2-4 posts a day.
(i'm riting this on my wii. so i'm not riting full wordd
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Such as TiLP and TI-Connect failing epically hard most of the time because of misconfigured computers. None worked on the 32 college multimedia computers that had serial and USB ports.
That's why the Casio Prizm is better! :p
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It depends how your parents are and how comfortable you are with working with your hands. But I have fixed similar problems in 3 laptops by taking them apart and using an air compressor on the grate. (just be gentle :))
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Such as TiLP and TI-Connect failing epically hard most of the time because of misconfigured computers. None worked on the 32 college multimedia computers that had serial and USB ports.
That's why the Casio Prizm is better! :p
^ this :P
I wonder why TI didn't make the Nspire be recognized as a jumpdrive...
The reason why everything I made between 2001 and 2004 was released in 2003-04 online is because I couldn't find any computer where my link cable worked at all. Most gave me a "Cannot open the COM port" error. I got told to check if a modem or another software was conflicting and there was nothing. Other computers just wouldn't detect my calc. I tried with TI-Graph Link as well.
I miss Windows 98. At least on Windows 98 there weren't as many linking issues with calcs.
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;_;
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It depends how your parents are and how comfortable you are with working with your hands. But I have fixed similar problems in 3 laptops by taking them apart and using an air compressor on the grate. (just be gentle :))
no chance my parents would let me.
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It depends how your parents are and how comfortable you are with working with your hands. But I have fixed similar problems in 3 laptops by taking them apart and using an air compressor on the grate. (just be gentle :))
Or... Just buy a can of air and blow through the vents where the heat sink grating (or fins) are located. I bet you will see a plume of dust come out. I do this about every 6 months on my laptop... and it always runs cooler afterword.
Cheap and easy trick. Worth a shot.
For a more thorough cleaning, you may have to take the laptop apart as thepenguin77 suggested; but I don't think that is absolutely necessary.
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That said, maybe the damage is already done, though. I hope not...
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If it still turns on, and shuts off, then either little or no damage has been done yet. A cleaning really could help, but it might also be some other reason why it's overheating. The random shutoffs are made to occur before damage does.
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I'm sorry to hear about this :( Hope things get worked out eventually.
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I am sad prince happybobjr's computer is having issues. Problems include:
* battery
* overheating
* dust
* virus
I would say dust or overheating is your problem.
Oh, and long live prince happybobjr!
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We cleaned out the computer.
We lowered the temerature of the cpu by 30 degrees (while idle for nefore and after)
Unfortunatly the graphic card is stil having serious issues with heat.
So now i am off to play some intense games to see if it will overheat it too much to use.
Low activity will probably last about 2 weeks now.
I will upload a pic sometime.
There was so much dust.....
edit again: Graphic card temp went from 65 to 80 while inactive after about 10 min.
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O.o
Well, at least you'll be able to get back on.
I was worried for little bit.
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The bad part is if the heat caused permanent damages. If it doesn't overheat, you may be fine. Anyway I'm glad that you might be able to get back on again regularly in 2 weeks. I was a bit worried your parents would wait about 1-2 years to get a new computer. X.x (I remember when Silver Shadow had no computer for half a year once)
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we cleaned about 20 more pounds of dust out of the graphics card....
The computer now lasts 60-90 min. although it is still in bad shape.
One fan basically couldn't turn because there was too much dust. I am surprised it broke down this late...
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Wow, yeah the computer definitively needed a cleanup. Hopefully you can manage to get it to work properly again soon.
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we cleaned about 20 more pounds of dust out of the graphics card....
The computer now lasts 60-90 min. although it is still in bad shape.
One fan basically couldn't turn because there was too much dust. I am surprised it broke down this late...
Assuming your problem is with a desktop PC and if you feel comfortable with a little modification...
You can buy a 12 volt fan at your local Radio Shack. Hook it up to the yellow (+12v) and a black (ground), then attach it to the place where the original fan was located -- remove the old fan first. If it doesn't fit perfectly, just attach it with a hot glue gun.
Another cheap trick to try.
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i recently had a similar problem with my laptop, it would heat up to the point of running terribly slow for apparently no reason. We cleaned it up and it runs about 50 degrees cooler :) All laptops seem to have this issue.... Glad you managed to help fix it though :D Another thing i find helps is to prop your laptop up a bit on the sides to give it more room underneath for ventilation, that can help a struggling computer.
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It's good to avoid using a laptop in the bed for that reason. The holes to let the heat go out gets obstructed easily in there.