My kiddos Dell desktop froze and I restarted it. It never came up again. 4 days later I try again and it loads the desktop but is frozen. I don't know what to do............any ideas???? :?:
chyenn 0 Light Poster
pizzafiend 0 Junior Poster
Does it boot in safe mode?
Sphyenx 0 Posting Whiz
Is the inside clean, maybe things are heating up. Rip that bad boy open and clean it up!.
pizzafiend 0 Junior Poster
If you clean out w/ compressed air, but still have problem, maybe put some thermal grease one the processor.
Sphyenx 0 Posting Whiz
If you do have thermal grease on the chip then you can use a few ways to get it off. First off you can use rubbing Alcohol, or you can use finger nail polish remover that does a good job. Then you should be set to go, but hey while your down there use the compressed air!, later man. Good luck.
Thong_Ispector 2 Practically a Master Poster
Rather than just tear into it I would go into cmos and check on the temp of the CPU..
Try F8 and go into Windows safe mode
I would boot to a DOS disc.... Try that and see if it works..
Boot to a Linux Live CD or a 98 CD....
Anything to help further define the problem... Hardware vs software...
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