In addition to what kword88 mentioned:
Cleaning the Interior of your PC
<http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial118.html>
Report problems and check for solutions automatically
<http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/fba7e7c3-2aec-46e4-9a32-968aa620f35b1033.mspx>
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"hothed91" wrote:
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> *_GateWay_GT5428,_intel_pentium_D_CPU_3.20GHz,_1GB_of_RAM,_32-bit_system._*
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> ok my dad bought a Gateway (model:GT5428) desktop about two years ago.
> well not long after that it started to shutdown unexpectedly. ofcoarse
> my dad thinking that it would cost a butt load of money to get it fixed.
> so he tried to fix it himself and asking my step-grandfather to help
> him, but the problem still continues.
>
> Here I'll give detailed discription of what usually happens: when
> logging in, the unit's fan gets really noisy as if its handling alot at
> once. if we open a program like internet explorer to soon it will
> shutdown; so we usually wait a while until we think it's ok to open the
> program. but after shutting down a blue screen appears and then it
> reboots. now in safe mode it works fine so I'm pretty sure it's not a
> Ram problem but I believe it maybe a driver issue concerning some
> hardware( a linksys wi-fi adapter) that was installed by someone at
> circuit city when he bought the computer.
> so I need help finding the problem. Problem reports and solutions has
> logged in 366 unexpected shutdowns since 2007.
>
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> hothed91
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