Re: Overheating GS

[mark@drax.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)]

You might try getting a couple of heat sinks from your local electronics
store.  Attach them to the CPU chip and any other chip which gets very
hot.  This will help to reduce the temperature of your system so it doesn't
crash.  Also, you might try removing all of the slot covers in the back of
the machine so air can flow a lot better through the thing.  Finally, you
can also leave the top off or leave it cracked so heat can dissipate.

My first suggestion though is to take everything off of the top of the
thing, take the lid off, and run it.  If, with all of this done, it still
crashes - then it probably isn't a heat problem.  You can even try turning
a regular fan on the machine if you like.  In this kind of a case (where
it dies after a given length of time) it is usually a hardware problem.
This can range from accumulated dust causing short outs across solder
lines to a cracked chip which, once properly heated, manages to short
itself out.

So I would definitely try just opening the box up and seeing if it will
work like that.  If so, then it IS definitely an overheating problem and
you can go back to the first paragraph.  Otherwise you may need to take
it in to get it fixed. :(

I hope this helps. :)
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