[Thinkpad] OK, not a Thinkpad issue, but bear with me... Any ideas?

[Aryeh Goretsky]

Hello,

Could the system (or a particular component, such as the CPU or a video
card) be overheating?  This could cause the behavior you noted in your
primary Compaq desktop computer.

If you open the computer's chassis, do all of the fans inside spin freely
and smoothly for a revolution or two when you gently tap them with a finger?
If not, they should be cleaned or replaced.  Likewise, the chassis should be
cleaned of any dust or debris which may be fouling the air vents.

Replacing the chassis fans with higher airflow volume ones or adding
additional fans can often solve overheat conditions.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

At 01:31 PM 2/7/2007, you wrote:

>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:09:51 -0500
>From: "RWM (Out of the Office)" <RWM at RWMann.com>
>Subject: [Thinkpad] OK, not a Thinkpad issue,   but bear with me...
>         Any ideas?
>To: Thinkpad User Group <thinkpad at stderr.org>
>Message-ID: <45CA23FF.5040803 at RWMann.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>After a scheduled boot time defrag, my primary Compaq desktop has
>developed a repeated black screen (could be blue; too quick to see or
>read) reboot after performing an apparently successful "scheduled disk
>check" from the partial Win2k splash screen.
>
>It POSTS OK, boots through BIOS OK, boots through the black and white
>zipper OK, boots through the Win2K splash screen with blue progress bar,
>then proceeds to the repeated "disk check has been scheduled" phase,
>completes this successfully, then crashes.
>
>I have tried booting to "last known good configuration" and safe mode,
>same outcomes.
>
>Any ideas on this?  I have the Win2K CD, so can try a recovery, if
>that's likely to be useful.
>
>Yes, I have Ghost backups, but of course now have no client on which to
>recover them.
>
>- RWM, from a Thinkpad...