newbee help

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by hido, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. hido

    hido Private E-2

    hello
    i had this computer for 3 years, but for now every time i run a program or some time if i watch a long video on youtube, my fan run high making this loud sound that never shut off and it slow way down, i been thinking about adding Dual-Core Processors and 2 gb of Memory, will that help :confused this is what i have now
    Manufacturer : Compaq Presario 061
    Processor : AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2200 MHz
    Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR-SDRAM )
    Video Card : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS661FX/760/741/M661FX/M760/M741 GUI 2D/3D Accelerator
    Hard Disk : WDC (200 GB)

    thank you
     
  2. usafveteran

    usafveteran MajorGeek

    First thing I would do is open the computer case and clean out the dust. Be sure clean dust out of heatsinks (on CPU, video card, etc.).
     

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