haul it in, blah blah blah, i got very upset, no one seems to be there for me when i need something and on and on, so, now the warranty is

about up anyway so i will have to pay for it to be repaired when i can get it to the shop OR buy a fan and do it myself, meanwhile i have a

cold sore throat and miss you all too freaking much

what fan? If you need help locating parts I will lend a hand

i'm not sure yet, i'm kind of afraid to take it apart to find out...but i guess i'm gonna have to, there's only one fan running and the cpu/

hard drive is overheating causing the comp to shut down

i got a little program called speedfan recommended from pc world or somewhere that helps monitor temperature

Oooh. I miss you, it needs to get fixed!

so i can use the comp a little but it won't tolerate sl for example

for more than about five minutes

i miss you too, Ali, and thank you Kesseret for offering to help

hrm well usually in that case there's a couple things you can look at. 1. open the side (it is a desktop right?)

and turn it on. Look inside and at the CPU fan and the fans in the back (those are the culprits- one of those)

if they aren

if they aren't. it's usually the cpu fan. Which well both are inexpensive. Best to know what is your computer brand/model

I hope this works out. I know we don't necessarily respond to each other, but I do enjoy your plurks. You seem like a fun and thoughtful

person.

thanks Kat and Kess both, i appreciate teh sentiments and advice

I had no computer for a month :S Although I borrowed dilligaf 's for a couple of weeks & finally have a *wonderful* new one now

I thought the guy said he was coming to help you haul it in? This is so not cool