In case any of you was wondering why my range is taking longer than usual..
My computer seems to be unwilling to work in temperatures above 29 degrees.
:furious:

With the temp being 28 degrees again at the top floor... it is now able to work again.

(anyone knows a possible reason for it? when I try to turn the PC on, it will just _try_ to get the fan going for about 1/5th of a second, and then nothing)

[QUOTE=michaf]In case any of you was wondering why my range is taking longer than usual..
My computer seems to be unwilling to work in temperatures above 29 degrees.
:furious:

With the temp being 28 degrees again at the top floor... it is now able to work again.

(anyone knows a possible reason for it? when I try to turn the PC on, it will just _try_ to get the fan going for about 1/5th of a second, and then nothing)[/QUOTE]

It is probably a safety feature of PC's BIOS -- a cut out temperature. The PC will boot but when a CPU-intensive program kicks in the CPU temperature will rise past the threshold.

Possible remedies: clean out the CPU fan or relax the threshold or remove the case side or add an extra fan or change the cooling system. Remeber there is a greater chance of an error at higher tempeatures... HTH

[QUOTE=paulunderwood]It is probably a safety feature of PC's BIOS -- a cut out temperature. The PC will boot but when a CPU-intensive program kicks in the CPU temperature will rise past the threshold.

Possible remedies: clean out the CPU fan or relax the threshold or remove the case side or add an extra fan or change the cooling system. Remeber there is a greater chance of an error at higher tempeatures... HTH[/QUOTE]

I thought that too, but when it is OFF for 24+ hours, the processor should cool down to the 30 degrees, and work properly again. So I suspect the erm.. dunno the english word now... the thing that provides the current to all parts :>

And well.. 30 degrees is too hot to be sitting behind the computer anyways... thanks for the input :)

I think I solved my computer troubles...
for anyone who is interested, it looks like it was a defect DVD-burner.

So far so good, up and running (no calculation... don't dare yet :>) for 48 hours now in temps of 34 degrees celcius.

Am keeping my fingers crossed :>