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

[RWM (Out of the Office)]

Aryeh,

Surfaces clean as a whistle, all fans turn, etc.

Everything spins up nicely on startup.

There are two fans installed.

- Bob



Aryeh Goretsky wrote:

> 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>
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>>
>> 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...
>