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Looking at the front, open the left side.
Windows won't fully start
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New #32
Mine is a HP small form factor.
See enclosed pics.
Not sure where it was/is, but felt around and felt slight airflow after turning on.
It was REALLY dusty though (see before & after pics).
I've never dusted it in the 4 years I've had it.
Could it have been overheating right after startup though?
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New #33
YES! a computer can overheat just after startup.
Computers should be cleaned several times a year. How often depends on several things.
Examples:
How dusty is the computer room.
Is the intake air have filters. Then the filters should be cleaned as needed. A visual inspection should give you a good idea if cleaning is needed.
Pet air is also a problem.
With a little bit of research you will find intake filters. They also make special brushes and blowers for clean the inside of computers.
Jack
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New #34
Well after blowing my computer out with canne4d air it has been running over 5 hours and no crashes.
I'm going to test it some more overnight and tomorrow.
Will get back to you.
Thanks guys.
Especially you Megahertz07.
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New #35
You're welcome.
It was REALLY dusty.
I don't like compressed air as it doesn't take the dust out. It moves the dust from one place to the other.
I use a vacuum cleaner. Some people say it can give static discharges. Here in Brazil, where the humidity is normally high, we don't have static discharges using a vacuum cleaner. Even if it gets charged, it's quite simple to connect the vacuum tube to the computer case.
Download Downloads - Open Hardware Monitor
Expand to C:\Program Files (x86)\HardwareMonitor
Execute OpenHardwareMonitor.exe.
Under options set to run on Windows start.
Right click on Temperatures - CPU package - Mark Show in tray - Show in gadget
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New #36
Well it ran for 15 hours and did fine then it crashed/restarted on it's own.
It usually does when I have my Firefox open with 15+ tabs of both youtube and 15+ of amazon and am also playing a video on mpc-hc.
So I restarted and then it crashed/restarted 1 hour later.
So this time I just played a video on mpc-hc and it still crashed within 5 minutes.
So I don't think it's a conflict anymore, unless it's the propietary codecs that mpc-hc uses.
I will download the monitor u linked to and check out the temperature and get back.
thanks
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New #37
Execute OpenHardwareMonitor.exe.
Under options set to run on Windows start.
Right click on Temperatures - CPU package - Mark Show in tray - Show in gadget
Right click on memory and mark to show in gadget (see image above).
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Can't see anything wrong. Only thing is that the disk is quite full.
Clean it up using CCleaner - https://download.ccleaner.com/ccsetup545.exe
On options - Monitoring - unmark everything.
Analyze - Run cleaner
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