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Old January 23rd 07, 10:34 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Ben Myers
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Default Rebuilding a Dell 2300 - keeps shutting down during Windows installation - fixed!

Good! A lot of spontaneous shutdowns can be traced to heat problems. Or are
they cooling problems? ... Ben Myers

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:30:54 GMT, "System 4" wrote:

First of all thanks to all the respondents!

The issue was the heat sink retention module.
Installed a new one and hooked a 80mm fan to it.
Loaded Windows on a new hard drive and it took the first time.
In answer to the other questions ...
1 gig of memory is good.
Motherboard model: "Bluford"

Thanks again everyone for all your help.

Paul