Please help.

DanUK · Post by **DanUK** » September 10th, 2005, 10:27 pm

Hi there. I have a Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P pc which is a P4 HT 3.2GHZ, 512MB DDR ram and 160GB hard drive and 256MB nvidia graphics. I was running FreeBSD and had a few unexplained reboots and I then changed it over to WinXP as I was planning to do. When these unexplaiend reboots happened sometimes even trying to turn the computer back on didn't work, it would power up literally for a few seconds then die again. I then changed over to XP and the same thing is happening so I seeked some support and download Speedfan which brough this up about the PC: http://www.skyinternet.co.uk/~dan/temp.JPG

as you can see, the Hard drive is completely overheating, the 12V is completely wrong, and it's only recognising one fan even though there's the main PSU one and the processor one. I then seeked more help and got told to update my BIOS in case that was a problem; did so with no problems but the exact same. To rule out a sensor problem on the hard drive I put in another hard drive, an 80GB seagate barracuda in the Fujistu PC to the EXACT same problem. I downloaded HD Tune and that reported the same overheating. What do you suggest I do? Return it? I only got the PC this year from PC World in the UK. How do I go about returning it? Really disappointed. Thanks!

DanUK · Post by **DanUK** » September 10th, 2005, 11:04 pm

Just as an update I just realised it is still under warranty so contacted the people I got it from. I stated that I didn't want to get the same model and saw another one not too much more expensive... what would you guys say about this one? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... =undefined It looks decent to me but is there anything you'd say is a bit cheap or not good? How would that processor (the 'D' 2.8GHZ compare to my P4 GT 3.2?) Thanks!

Xitech · Post by **Xitech** » September 11th, 2005, 2:01 am

First, put that link in coding or something. Second, theres two things that could be wrong concerning your power supply. 1) not enough wattage 2) broken Check the reccomended ratings for that nvidia card because I bet that your power output is not enough to run it.

DanUK · Post by **DanUK** » September 11th, 2005, 1:08 pm

Hi there thanks for the reply. I've just contacted the manufacterer as it's under warranty so trying to get it sent back. In exchange for that link I gave above - how do you view that PC? Decent? Thanks.