How to: Simple Remedy of a PC that Randomly Crashes

Just because the Post-PC era is near it doesn't mean that there's no point anymore in taking good care of your PC. As long as it is working, keep it and take good care of it. It's not practical anymore in buying a new one. Not of course, if you are shifting to another PC lifestyle. You know, going to the "mainstream".

This would be the most common problem that PC users are encountering recently. It may sound a major problem that only a certified technician can do it. Well, need to worry for here is a simple and do it yourself remedy for such kind of problem.

There are only two major contributors for your PC to randomly crashes. It could be a software problem. Could be due to virus or you have installed an application which cause your OS to Freeze and unable to process anything. And the second contributor could be a hardware problem. So, let's get to work. All you need is yourself, a couple of screwdrivers and this guide of course.

The Instructions

1. Check it first - Turn on your PC and observe if you are experiencing the following: (a) The Pc boots up and then suddenly freezes. (b) A strange noise from your CPU when the PC is trying to boot up.

2. If had (a) Check if your fans are working. Open up your CPU and boot you PC see if the CPU fan is working properly. It should be turning by the way when the PC is live.

3. If the fan is working. Check the overall condition of your CPU heat sinks and Fan blades. I mean check if you those dirt and dust sludge over it. Your CPU needs a good and constant heat dissipation, without them, it will quit to function. 4. If there is sludge, do some brushing with the fan blades and the CPU heat sink. A free flowing air would simply do the trick. An old toothbrush is useful. Just make sure you are not using anymore and of course use only when it is completely dry. Or if you happen to have an air-gun at home, it would be perfect for those hard to reach dirt in your CPU heat sink. 5. If you have already taken out the heat sink for a brushing, might as well give the silicon pasted a new start. Replace with a fresh one. The silicon paste plays an important role in the heat transfer from the CPU to heat sink. The silicon paste is the white paste you will find in between the contact of the CPU and the heat sink.

6. Now that you have cleaned the CPU heat dissipating elements, boot up your CPU and observe. It should be working fine now. If the symptom persists, maybe it’s time to go to Step 7.

7. If it is the same scenario everytime you boot up, then there's no choice but to re-format you hard drive. You could have some bad sectors there due to virus and a corrupted OS. It would be the best remedy for corrupted OS and virus infected hard drives.

8. If you are experiencing (b), a strange noise from your CPU, then I guess you have to buy a new one. If you have a 3 year old PC and doing so much work with it, it's time for that hard drive to retire.

A simple tip: When you reformat you hard drive make sure to make partition in it. Divide it with the storage for your OS and other applications and data. It could save you a lot of work when you are reformatting you OS. That would make the Partition for the OS application be the only one reformatted and left the data portion left untouched. Do so me 5S in your PC. Be it in your file management and Hardware physical settings. Do some cleaning once in a while. Open up your CPU, unplug each cards and do some dusting.

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