Russ wrote:
>Does the heatsink have a fan? If so, is it running and running at what
>appears to be full speed?>>


Yes. Appears OK.

I installed Speedfan, which first showed CPU temp getting up to 65 before 
power cutting out.

After removing the ADSL modem and disabling its software, temp has been an 
ideal 45-50 after running several hours and many reboots over several days.

So I think that must be where the problem lay. I've told her to get the 
modem fully checked out by her ISP. Maybe they'll replace it, the power 
surge must have damaged it, even though it will still connect to the 
internet. An intermittent short perhaps.

Anyway, the problem seems to be solved for now---thanks to everyone's 
helpful suggestions.

Don Penlington

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