Re: Replacing a fan - CPU problem

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Last I saw, this ***IS*** a Windows XP - Hardware group!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"NobodyMan" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:28:50 -0500, "Stephen Potts"
> <potts_stephen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I had a previous post about my CPU problem. I definitely think that there
>>is something wrong with the fan (or over-heating) - it has since become
>>louder than ever. How do I determine which fan is causing the problem, or
>>what the exact problem is? Someone (Richard) responded with a post as
>>what
>>might be causing the problem with the fan. Should I just take the PC to a
>>tech shop and have them fix it (I'm not very good with hardware)? If I
>>don't do it soon, will I fry my CPU?
>>
>>I know that was a lot of questions, thanks for your time.
>>
>>Stephen
>>
> Ask in a hardware group. Your CPU fan failing has nothing to do with
> XP.
>


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