Bobcolby

Changing the PSU is a good idea. Does the machine stay on long enough to fully boot? I've known machines that shutdown during the initial checks because they couldn't cope with anything being pluged into the serial/USB ports.

Optimist

Yes fully boots and updates avg then cuts out

Bobcolby

If you hav a spare PSU, try that. It may also be worth swaping memory around to see if that is the cause.

It might be the hard drive but Ii think that is less likely. You could eliminate that by booting the machine from a live Linux CD.

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Tks for yr assistance guys

I think problem was almost certainly processor fan after all.

It was stuffed with dust. After cleaning the pc ran for an hour or so without problems. I then switched it off, put covers back on etc. told my wife it was ok and five mins later it was off again. Then changed the fan with a bigger one from my spare, left cover off and it seems ok again

Tks for yr assistance guys

I think problem was almost certainly processor fan after all.

It was stuffed with dust. After cleaning the pc ran for an hour or so without problems. I then switched it off, put covers back on etc. told my wife it was ok and five mins later it was off again. Then changed the fan with a bigger one from my spare, left cover off and it seems ok again

Excuse the stutter :-(

I can't remember exactly, but I seem to remember that processor fans are rated, so a fan that runs too fast will affect the processor function (i.e too cool). Might be worth checking that the replacement fan runs at the correct speed.

If you have too much cooling, it may well be to noisy and could possibly use too much power but no way is overcooling going to upset the computer.

I stand corrected. Thanks.
Slow fan, unacceptable, rapid fan acceptable.

Can't post an answer on the Bugs thread, Is anyone else having this trouble please?

PC still working fine. Guess it was definitely the fan overheating :-)

Keep getting this "DB Error: connect failed" when going between threads again..any ideas anyone?

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Can anyone point me to a freeware version of Excel please?

I only need it to do the simplest spreadsheet on my studio computer and it's certainly not worth buying another version of Office 2003 which is what is on this machine.

I can look at Geeks and things - but someone here may save me going down the wrong road and wasting time.

TP

openoffice.org

Thanks Hay,

Came out top at MajorGeeks.

I'll download tomorrow.

TP

TP

For light work, rather than install openoffice, check out portableapps.com.

PortableApps is a collection of programs including Open Office that will run from a disc or memory stick without having to be installed