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Even easier would be to get a motherboard that monitors cpu fan speed and
temperature. I think some will even close all programs and shutdown if set
parameters are exceeded.
In a message dated 8/28/01 12:35:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
phoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> About 5 weeks ago, I went to bed noting that my CPU fan was "sluggish".
> Thinking that Trade Station Charting and the Global Server were running OK,
> I was tired and stupidly dismissed the potential severity of the problem.
>
> The next AM I had a blank screen and the CPU heat sink was too hot to
touch;
> the cpu fan was dead.
>
> I couldn't work for the next 4 weeks because I had continuous Win 2k Pro
> crashes after two years of complete stability with out one TS 2k crash.
>
> What happened?
>
> The fan died, the cpu overheated and then became not only defective but
> destructive!
>
> Though the defective CPU did not cause electronic nor physical damage to
the
> computer hardware, it did damage the software in the motherboard bios, and
> led to a series of crashes and cascading events which damaged and corrupted
> my registry for weeks on end.
>
> My CPU was under warrenty, and its going to be replaced. Meanwhile, my
> older CPU is in place, and I've finally got the system stable again,
running
> fine, after flashing in a new motherboard software bios and doing a
> re-install of Win 2k Pro Service pack #2. Trade Station software and all
> those fix packs will probably have to be re-installed. Fortunately, I had
a
> back up copy of all my global server data and my workspaces.
>
> My advice to traders?
>
> 1) Check your CPU fan periodically. I run my computer now with my cover
off
> so I can visually check daily, that my CPU fan is OK.
>
> 2) Periodically touch the heat sink on the CPU; it will be warm, but it
> should not be so hot that you rapidly pull away your hand.
>
> 3) If your CPU fan does not have ball bearings, and is not of the best
> quality, it is worth getting a good one.
>
> 4) Radio Shack sells an electronic sillicone tuner spray. About every
> three months, remove the fan and spray into it at both ends briefly. Let
it
> dry. Put it back on the CPU. Don't use RD-40 or a petroleum based
> lubricant; it is oily and will gum up the bearings.
>
> Good trading to all,
>
> Peter Hoon
>
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