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From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: Is anyone else getting hard computer lock ups with this month's
MRT.exe's full scans?
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In microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support Ant  wrote:
> In microsoft.public.windowsxp Ron Hardin  wrote:
> > Might be a heat shutdown, say if a CPU fan is broken.

> Yeah, probably since I did more tests and was able to reproduce it after 
> about 30 minutes. Here is what I noticed so far:

> PC & its top fan and its light turns off, but its power light stays 
> still on. Reset button didn't work, but power button did (turned on).

> Tried:
> -after 30 minutes on C: drive only with ATI video card's fan forced at 
> 100% speed.
> -after about 32 mins. after 5 am when cooler
> -tried without screen saver and display sleep
> -no crashes in quick scan

> I am going to try Prime95, Memtest86, etc.

> It might be heat related since the weather is hot. :(

Yep, it is heat related since I left the left side case open and ran 7.5 
hours of MRT.exe full scan. And then, I tried Prime95's mixed tests and 
that only lasted aboug 5 minutes. :(
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