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Treacle again?


Irene
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I sometimes receive a dialogue box which refers to 'waiting for shockwave' (or something like that). Could that have any bearing?



When I get the treacle effect, a sort of cog appears (turning to signify something happening in the background) - top centre of the window, below the tabs and menu bars. Have you see anything like that, or is that peculiar to my desktop?



Specs here...



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Don't buy another one ! :D - very stylish ...... but !



I've come across a few of these that have had short lives - packing a normal processor into a relatively confined AIO space with just a tiny cpu fan/heatsink generates far more heat than even inside a laptop. Relatively little air flow means high temps.



If it has any air vents - make sure they aren't blocked by dust/fluff.


If the back comes off easily (it probably won't) - blow out the insides with a can of compressed air - making sure that the heatsink vanes under the cpu fan aren't solid with compressed hair/fluff/whatever.



For desktops, once the side is off and its in the open, having stopped the fans circulating with a couple of soft wedges, I judiciously use my Flymo Gardenvac set to BLOW on its lower speed :) Amazing what crud comes out !


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