Tuesday, December 4, 2007

This is not working any more..

You know the ones that say "This is not working any more.." and no specifics given. Well here is a generic response that can be used. In my case it is also true.

Not a lot of information to go by so these are just randomly selected guesses from commonly ignored problem spots.

Could be software, cabling or hardware. My system runs video great when it is cold and clean. Seriously, I smoke and there is a lot of string lint like dust that collects on the fan blades, cooling fins and such with the smoke residue being a glue. I get better performance off my video card when it is cool and clean. CPU also needs the same attention.

Also, a stuffed hard drive with minimal room left and fragmented badly. If you run swinedows, as I do, and have run several other applications the paging can start to have an effect.

The difference being a year and all was working great and now it is not, can point to these or the myriad of applications and drivers that could have been installed and un-installed and leaving contaminates behind.

Cleaning up the inside of your box and checking the hardware, cabling and any other place that the environment can cause havoc on is always a benefit even if it does not solve your current issue.

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