Computer Troubleshooting Tips : How to Fix Overheating Computers – Video
26. Jul, 2010 
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If a computer is overheating it may be the location of the computer in the home of office or simply the temperature of the room. Consider adding an additional computer fan and take these computer troubleshooting tips from an experienced computer technician in this free video on computer maintenance.
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Mechanic for the last 40 plus years and Emmy Award Winning car talk guy Scotty Kilmer shows how to use your computer to find all the information you need to fix your own car. For free expert answers to all your car questions, visit Scottykilmer.com
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my computer would shut down for no reason so i opened the side of the case and put a fan for my room next to it and now it doesnt do it anymore so im guessing i need to buy a better fan for computer or a extra fan
what should i do if my computer turns off randomly and restarts?? this happens to me a lot and where i play its a really really hot room
Another way it can overheat is if the Fan is old! and needs to be Replaced.
@Adredinna Yes this is verry dangerous to your PC, I have the same problem and the PC’s heat increases to 90 C. Why? Because my PC sits next to a drapery and a window. And… I have 4 fans and still don’t know what to do. I was at a local electronics store and they tell that my PC is normal to overheat. I mean, 90 C this is crazy. I am still searching for a solution, move my PC in a better position, don’t know.
@MangaVoltage that happents to me… i have a quad core… and a 4870… sometimes it turns off and restarts when im PLAYING:… now its summer… my room is hott like 28 º , now thats the problem… what to do?? buy a water cooling’??
The perfect ambient temperature it’s around 20 Celcius.So if it’s 33-35 inside your house .. Your cpu will overheat with stock fan if you stress it .It’s simply common sense.
Also Dust.Dust can cause your cpu fan to slowdown.You can lose 300-400 RPM if you fan full of dust plus it’s block the airflow.If you don’t have any air compressor .. use a q-tip.That work fine.
Than you can always place a port Fan beside your case blowing inside..But that mean more dust inside you case
my computer overheats when I play games… is it because of my power supply unit, because it’s load is 324W… and my graphic card is ati radeon 4890 clocked version… and I taught maybe the graphic card overheats when it’s use is required and the PSU can’t supply enough power to cool the graphic card… this was just an idea of mine, but can someone pls help me with this… if what I said is true than what am I supposed to do… if not than why does it overheat?? pls help
mine powers on for 5 seconds and shuts down without showng anything in screen pls help!!!
my computer overheated while watching this video…;/
Btw u missed on thing I have 3 fans but still over heats the problem was I needed a surge protector because the power going in was to much and the campasitors would over heat in 1 hour.
I turn the air-conditioner to 18C and still it overheat !!!!
Help !!!!!!
hey can u help me pls i have nvidia geforce 240 gt 1gb gddr5
intel E5300 dual core 2.60 ghz (overclocked to 3.56 ghz)
2gb memory ram
it runs perfect but after 30 mins gameplay of assassins creed 2 my pcs heat increases to 80 Celsius! is that dangereous for the my PCs health? is 80 C normal, should i restore the overclock settings to normal? thanks in advance
thanks this video taught me a few things i will move my pc now
Windows 98……….
thanx mate im moving my cpu now hope it works thanks
get this fucking fatass to get a new fucking computer this isnt 19 fucking 99.
acer is great , i got my acer for over 5 years and its fine, except it overheats when i put it on a chair for hour’s… and the charging is damned, it was melted my universal cable but still charges, laptop looks like shit, when i use-to play counter strike for days and days and barely let my laptop rest , and when i took it at the morning it was hot as hell well because of that my usb DOESN’T Work
and use an air compressor to blow the dust out
good video i like it but i don thave a desktop i have a laptop
There are no place to add a fan on my computer and no one of the fans sim to fail…
im just taking my “small fan” (size of my case lol)
then i open the case and let the fan do the job.
hehe
I think my fan is going slower to cool the motherboard which is causing the shut down or it might be my power supply but its so expensive for a good fan these days
thanks im moveing mine right now !!!
thanks mate this really helped
i have bad placement, I put it like right next to a heater o.O
Good info.
Hmm. The only thing, and I mean only thing, I find odd about this.. is this doesn’t explain how the AC I’ve ever had operates. It’s always been a system I just turn on to whatever fan speed I want, with a temp setting seemingly changing the temp of the incoming air. But it’s just a dumb on/off system.. it never auto-shuts off or anything like that.
Does that just mean I’ve always had non-computer driven AC systems? Newest car I’ve owned was a 2006 Pontiac G6, it was like that too. Thanks!
I like your videos your the man Scotty thx so much
thnx scotty!
@jujutube123 Hey, what a cheapskate you are. Yes, in life, many things are NOT free. But the information you get from this site is going to save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars performing your own repairs. and it is a LOT better than an owner’s manual as it has updated technical service bulletins and full wiring diagrams. And if you don’t think that’s worth money, you don’t know much about repairing at all. Scotty Kilmer
Website is not FREE! It is 24.95 for each car and add extra 16.95 for additional cars. You have to pay it every year to access. Basicly you are buying owners manual of your car.
@elitecssplayer All data pro dot com but you have to buy membership or something like that
Whats the site again? It didnt work for me…..
@farzini2 Why, I was just there last week visiting my parents on the American side and the falls on the Canadian side. I graduated from York University in 1975, so I know a bit about Canada. Scotty Kilmer
Scotty you are great !!!!! thank you for your all helpful info…. God bless.
Frank… Niagara falls ON .
thank you so much
Can’t find the website
i wished i have the same grandpa?
all check it out
Has anyone come across a website like this for europe? Or Bmw in specific?
Good info though scotty.
@kcatto Then you have to use your own computer to fix it (your brain.) Scotty Kilmer
that is great but my newest truck is a 1977….
@scottykilmer ya its really nice and user friendly. thanks.
@needzpower2 Yes, subscriptions are even less than 50 bucks for one car for one year. A LOT of information. Scotty Kilmer
love the site use it at school all the time. alldata rocks but you didnt mention that it is rather expensive unless you pay for only one car. my teacher told us it cost 2000 with school discount for all of the cars. one kid did buy a subscription for his lancer and said it was only 50. is this right?
Gotta love that damn Scotty Kilmer!
It would have to be the same exact engine, same displacement and same cams to work right. Civics use many different engines and even a small difference will mess with the computer electronics, I see it all the time in botched attempts to get them going. scotty Kilmer
i see what you mean and thank you but the thing is it is the right engine but it came from a different car, what i mean is the engine is probably from a different 94 civic, and even if it is a different engine but same year and everything it wont work at all?
If they put in an engine from a different year civic, Good luck trying to get it running right. Computers, sensors, and wiring changes every year. Trying to make the wrong engine work in a different car can be impossible in some cases. It will just be an endless money pit trying to figure out what’s wrong, and there is no book that will tell you how to do it. NEVER swap parts from different year cars. Your only hope is to find someone who did that and found out all the things to change. Scotty
@amxgamer and it kind of rumbles and has a hard time warming up in the mornings or any time, for instance if i leave my car for an hour or two i have to warm it up again.
scotty i need help
well i have a 94 honda civic ex 1.6 engine and when i took it to firestone they charged me alot of money for a sensor i needed and at then end the problem was still there, they told me it was because i needed a new computer since the previous owners got a new engine for the car. im guessing the person who worked on the engine didnt install a new computer so it has different kinds of problems like speedometer wont work and check engine light is always on, abs light pops out