Dead PSU Fan
Posted in Computer Hardware Repair by manyuQuestions:Found out the cause of my overheating problem (reference in another thread). Just past the longest day of the year, with summer just around the corner and my PSU fan decides to take a holiday (well earned, but annoying all the same)! Hopefully, it’s just a loose connection (I ain’t that lucky), but if not, anyone got a spare PSU going cheap? If it ain’t one thing it’s another!!! How comes I get the hardware problems – why can’t I have the easy software problems? 
Answer:Sounds like it may be worth the Import fees and VAT. Don’t know what the costs are here, but I can guarantee they would come in at more that the equivalent GBP8! Thinking about it, I’m almost certain it is dead. Been thinking back and remembeing how sometimes this thing seemed quieter than normal. I guess it was on the way out for a while and has finally burnt out. Trouble is, being a weekend, and with my work schedule, it looks like Thursday at the very earliest that I can go shopping. May be easier to order it online, although the delivery times could cause just as much of a problem.
Resources are different than available memory and they (resources) are finite. About all you can do there is reduce the number of items in the startup group. Even so I’d recommend at least 128Mb if not 256Mb. You should notice a speed up going up from 64Mb.
My best suggestion on memory is to match the memory you have now or replace it entirely. That is if you have a 64Mb module add a 2nd 64Mb module and NOT a 128Mb module.
Also the bus speed is important. Most likely you need PC-100 memory.
Frankly PC-133 memory is about the same price as PC-100 memory; it might be very close in price to go with a single PC-133 256Mb module which you’ll be able to move to another machine. In fact I just added a 2nd PC-133 256Mb module from Crucial (a Micron company which is very name brand, link at top of page) for $44.
The exception to this would be if your computer uses special memory. Sometimes HP, Dell, Compaq, et al use something other than “standard” memory in which case you’ll need memory specific to your computer rather than the generic type
