Michael, I don't think my CPU is overheating. Other applications run very
well under windows XP. I have a high end video card... well it was the best
when I bought it about a year ago but it's still pretty good. I can play
games in window mode and watch movies on a 2nd screen with good performance.
I dont' keep my pc on the floor so dust is pretty minimal. I can open the
cover and blow and no choke on dust
My system is all stock, I haven't added anythign except a new dvd-+rw which
is what I used to burn the cd. So the 2GB is factory. I don't think they are
paird but I don't see the need to remove
I have tried touching my heatsink (power was off/unplugged) andd it's not
very hot at all. Warm but definitely not anything to be worried about.
I know many companies rebrand media and for me personally I've never bought
one brand over the other but for what it's worth, I used sony dvd+rs cause
they were a good deal.
I guess it's possible that my cd rw/dvd combo drive is failing but it seems
unlikely because I stlil use it to play cds or other games and it seems fine
to me. Burning music cds or vcds on that drive don't take very long. (note,
the cd rw/dvd came with the pc, I had just bought a dvd+-rw) but as i
mentioned, I had tried installing vista on an older pc and it took about the
same time. You would think dvd media but remember I had one disc with an
older build and one disc with 5600. The older build was on dvd-r staples
brand, the 5600 was on sony dvd+r.
