- Jan 20, 2014
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Hi all,
I recently acquired an Asus EEE Top PC (ET2203T)... an all-in-one PC which was going to be used for admin and basic music software bits - nothing too intensive.
I got it home from my friend dropping it off and it worked fine for the first day before eventually overheating and cutting out. I managed to open it up and a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the heatsink where the fan blows on it, so I cleaned it up and put it back together. Turned it on and the screen was blank for about 8-10 mins, then the EEETop logo came up, and another 10 mins or so later it tried to boot but 'Keyboard/Interface Error - Press F2 to continue' came up. The wireless keyboard was useless, as was a USB one and there is no PS/2 slot on there so it was a bit of a problem.
After a while of trying to get into it by just rebooting it, I opened it up again, and relaid the thermal paste on the CPU and the graphics card (ATI Radeon 4570 HD), put it back together and lo and behold, it started running again! Speedfan was giving ok (not great but ok) temps of around 35-40 for the HD and 60-65 for the CPU. The cooling system in there is pretty crap but keeping that in mind it's ok.
This worked using Cubase with limited plugins, browsing the internet, using torrents etc - all good - until eventually I played a video on YouTube and it died again - the screen froze and sound stuttered and looped the millisecond it crashed until I turned it off again.
Turned it back on - back to square one with the issue. Once again, redid the thermal paste and it worked again for another day or so, before I tested YouTube again and it died again (please note that I have used XBMC and Windows Media Player for videos with no issues - the crash leads me to believe it's the video card).
This time however, I've cleaned the thermal paste and it is still taking forever to load the BIOS and refuses to recognise the interface. I've redone the paste a few times now as well as testing other things, including:
- Removing the RAM to see if it's a dodgy stick or slot - the RAM is ok
- Removing the graphics card and switching on - still the same issue
I don't believe it is a hard drive issue either or just simple overheating... please help!
Just to re-iterate:
- Computer crashed when playing YouTube video (flash issue?)
- Now takes about 10 minutes to attempt to load the EEETop flash screen
- Then takes another 10 mins or so to then tell me 'Keyboard/Interface Error'
- Cleaning and replacing thermal paste has worked a few times but has stopped making a difference now
Thanks for taking the time to read this, any help would be greatly appreciated!
I recently acquired an Asus EEE Top PC (ET2203T)... an all-in-one PC which was going to be used for admin and basic music software bits - nothing too intensive.
I got it home from my friend dropping it off and it worked fine for the first day before eventually overheating and cutting out. I managed to open it up and a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the heatsink where the fan blows on it, so I cleaned it up and put it back together. Turned it on and the screen was blank for about 8-10 mins, then the EEETop logo came up, and another 10 mins or so later it tried to boot but 'Keyboard/Interface Error - Press F2 to continue' came up. The wireless keyboard was useless, as was a USB one and there is no PS/2 slot on there so it was a bit of a problem.
After a while of trying to get into it by just rebooting it, I opened it up again, and relaid the thermal paste on the CPU and the graphics card (ATI Radeon 4570 HD), put it back together and lo and behold, it started running again! Speedfan was giving ok (not great but ok) temps of around 35-40 for the HD and 60-65 for the CPU. The cooling system in there is pretty crap but keeping that in mind it's ok.
This worked using Cubase with limited plugins, browsing the internet, using torrents etc - all good - until eventually I played a video on YouTube and it died again - the screen froze and sound stuttered and looped the millisecond it crashed until I turned it off again.
Turned it back on - back to square one with the issue. Once again, redid the thermal paste and it worked again for another day or so, before I tested YouTube again and it died again (please note that I have used XBMC and Windows Media Player for videos with no issues - the crash leads me to believe it's the video card).
This time however, I've cleaned the thermal paste and it is still taking forever to load the BIOS and refuses to recognise the interface. I've redone the paste a few times now as well as testing other things, including:
- Removing the RAM to see if it's a dodgy stick or slot - the RAM is ok
- Removing the graphics card and switching on - still the same issue
I don't believe it is a hard drive issue either or just simple overheating... please help!
Just to re-iterate:
- Computer crashed when playing YouTube video (flash issue?)
- Now takes about 10 minutes to attempt to load the EEETop flash screen
- Then takes another 10 mins or so to then tell me 'Keyboard/Interface Error'
- Cleaning and replacing thermal paste has worked a few times but has stopped making a difference now
Thanks for taking the time to read this, any help would be greatly appreciated!
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