Tried that, Tony. No change. Still just the fans. CPU looked in fine shape,
but I've never seen a bad one. Same goes for the motherboard, AGP card and
RAM. Quite a bit of dust around the fans. A little elsewhere. Do I have to
bite the bullet and try a new processor - seems logical to try that first -
saves dismantling everything.

Went into a computer shop today and the techie said, if the fans are going,
the power supply must be OK. My conclusion too. That's right, isn't it???

John O'Regan


> This could also be a bad/loose card (video card etc) or a bad/loose
> memory chip, or a bad/loose CPU.  I'd start by removing each of the
> cards and reinserting them.  And also, remove each memory chip and
> reinsert it and see what happens.
>
> Tony Mayer
>

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