monday, finally.

well, you know the news so 'nuf said, let's move on.... shall we?

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yesterday, while browsing through a few sites for some news and tidbits, my pc hang-up just a few seconds after booting up. well, it wasn't really much of a surprise since it's been acting up lately... it's just that recently, yesterday in particular, it was way too quick as oppose to days ago when it would take a longer time to quit on me.

after several tries with the same result, finally made up my mind to open it up and just rip it apart piece by piece.

it could have save me some trouble if i'll just go and bring the darn thing to the repair shop but my gut feeling says i should just do a DIY.... once again.

though i've done this a number of times before, lately, i have been busy and lazy to get my hands dirty... but, i must.

and, so i did.


what i found out was, the other side of what's supposed to hold the CPU's hit sink was detached causing it to heat-up quickly. that explains why the CPU's fan was making some loud vibration. ignored it 'til the problem got worst. now, i really need do something... and done!

fix it.

the good thing about this whole experience (experiment, if you may) is, i was able to clean up the motherboard, the cards (memory, video,etc), and especially the cooling fans. not to mention, had me a quick refresher lesson. got the fans lubricated with WD-40 and some oil. now, it's fix, quicker, seamless and quite....

here have a look....
(tonight, blogger won't upload my images... so just click on the links....)

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