Very dangerous!!!!
Stop, Stop, Stop...

This is likely a problem with the service just done and/or a
Power Supply issue since they are supposed to shut down
on an overload...

Did you look at the "simple stuff" like the condition of the
external power cord.
Can you try a spare cord?

Don't open the machine!
Never change to a bigger fuse!!!
(Are you sure you did not change the fuse to 1.6A?)

Side note: (Sorry)
That is about twice the speed machine you "actually" need for
low end stuff, but I would not throw too much money at it...
(You should have had more RAM long ago... 120M???)
That might be another thing that makes this "not a keeper"...

                                          Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dee Hurst"
> My daughters fairly old pc keeps blowing the fuse in the plug (I'm in the
> UK). It had a new power supply, heatsink and fan about 6 months and was fine
> but then a couple of weeks ago this started. Sometimes it will stay on for
> just a few minutes, sometimes an hour or more. (Fuse is currently 16amp -
> originally it was 5).
> Spec is AMD Athlon 1200 processor, 120mb RAM, 20G HDD, running XP. I know
> it's pretty old and it's short on RAM and the processor is slow but it was
> fine for what she used it for (typing letters, browsing eBay, internet
> banking, email etc). No programs or hardware have been recently added



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