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<blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 3570035" data-attributes="member: 93">I think its unlikely to be the paste - that's been fine for years...&nbsp; but what do I know?In any case, shortly after I posted last night, the PC shut down.&nbsp; I had the case open, so I immediately checked the fan, which was running, and the general heat level, which seemed fine - and my hardware monitor that I was watching didn't register much of any change in heat from boot up time to very shortly before the freeze.I think I'll try uninstalling Prey, just in case its the cause, and I'll blow out the dust in the case.&nbsp; It's dusty but super dusty.&nbsp; And I'll start pricing replacements!&nbsp; My 2.6 Ghz PC might just getting a touch too old...&nbsp; I'll have to figure out how to understand processor speeds on these new-fangled core duo thingies...&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kid Charlemagne, post: 3570035, member: 93"] I think its unlikely to be the paste - that's been fine for years... but what do I know? In any case, shortly after I posted last night, the PC shut down. I had the case open, so I immediately checked the fan, which was running, and the general heat level, which seemed fine - and my hardware monitor that I was watching didn't register much of any change in heat from boot up time to very shortly before the freeze. I think I'll try uninstalling Prey, just in case its the cause, and I'll blow out the dust in the case. It's dusty but super dusty. And I'll start pricing replacements! My 2.6 Ghz PC might just getting a touch too old... I'll have to figure out how to understand processor speeds on these new-fangled core duo thingies... :) [/QUOTE]

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