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peterrnewby · 11-02-2008, 12:39 AM

i have a PC running XP, M8 motherboard, 2.4ghz and 2x512mb RAM.
i cleaned the CPU fan (it was really dirty) and reinstalled it (it does sit tight and runs) but when starting up, PC gets past bios and shuts down.
I am certain it is correctly fixed but the logical problem seems the fan.
I did have several attempts to even get it to boot at all.
I removed the CPU clamp and then reinstalled the fan again and it now boots but only to shut down in about 10-15 secs.
Could it be RAM or XP corruption or the CPU as I suspect?
thx
peter

11-02-2008, 12:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
peterrnewby Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	[SOLVED] boots and shuts down i have a PC running XP, M8 motherboard, 2.4ghz and 2x512mb RAM. i cleaned the CPU fan (it was really dirty) and reinstalled it (it does sit tight and runs) but when starting up, PC gets past bios and shuts down. I am certain it is correctly fixed but the logical problem seems the fan. I did have several attempts to even get it to boot at all. I removed the CPU clamp and then reinstalled the fan again and it now boots but only to shut down in about 10-15 secs. Could it be RAM or XP corruption or the CPU as I suspect? thx peter