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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2007 07:35:22 -0700
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Help with Old Computer...?

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On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 14:50:37 -0700, Martin Rosenfeld wrote:

>actual culprit may be something on the MB and not unnecessarily in the
>PS. I will check the fans, blow out the dust and put the cover back on.
>It probably cools better with the case cover on, the front fan sucking
>air in and the PS fan blowing out.

Martin,
It's probably best to go step-by-step and try the easiest things, first. You may have to
get and install a CPU fan, however. Your problem description invites the speculation
that when you get to a certain point in your install process, the CPU is generating X
amount of heat, due to the installation processes at that very point. And it is at that point,
under X heat generation from the CPU, that the CPU overheats and shuts things down.

You can try to get some idea of the heat by monitoring the CPU and MB temperatures
from the BIOS. Unfortunately, the resulting temperatures will be a bit lower than when
your system shutdown, because your system is doing more work (versus when you are
just monitoring from the BIOS). However, you may be able to get an idea of the
temperatures in any case from monitoring at the BIOS.
HCM

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