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I've just bought a 2005 emachines computer from Gateway and whenever I play a CD on WMP, the fan STARTS up and stays on for a very long time even if I eject the disk. Is this normal?Sounds like corrupted data.  Turning the power off without shutting down properly may cause this.

Try using the Windows disk checker to find and fix errors:

1. Open My Computer
2. Right-click Local Disk (C:) and choose Properties from the menu.
3.  In Local Disk (C:) Properties, click the Tools tab.
4.  Click the button to begin checking for errors (not the button to defragment the drive).
5. In the Check Disk dialog box, check Automatically Fix File System Errors and check Scan For and Attempt Recovery of Bad Sectors.

Let us know if Check Disk finds any bad sectors, and how many it finds.

Regards,
Doc

That's actually hilarious because I just bought the thing yesterday. Corrupted data? From WHAT? ...Lol... Quote

That's actually hilarious because I just bought the thing yesterday. Corrupted data? From WHAT? ...Lol...



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That's actually hilarious because I just bought the thing yesterday. Corrupted data? From WHAT? ...Lol...


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I've just bought a 2005 emachines computer from Gateway and whenever I play a CD on WMP, the fan starts up and stays on for a very long time even if I eject the disk. Is this normal?


If any of the system fans stop working, you have a problem.

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That's actually hilarious because I just bought the thing yesterday. Corrupted data? From WHAT? ...Lol...


Is this just a noisy CD-ROM drive?

Data can be corrupted in the first millisecond of connecting to the internet unless you have a good anti-virus program, fully updated, and have done a full scan first thing and before doing anything else.

You should also use these three freeware anti-Trojan programs, ADAWARE SE, SPYBOT SD and SpywareBlaster.

Is your Operating System fully updated from the Windows Update site?

SpywareBlaster has just added another 457 protection items to my system some minutes ago and there are 4806 items in its database.

Is your hard-drive partioned for safety and data protection and have you made a drive image of the operating system and backups of data which you may have added to the computer from your previous machine?

Other forms of data corruption can occur with loose or badly seated RAM modules and other cards and cables simply caused by transit or rough hadling of the packaged item, incorrect, poor quality, or badly placed IDE cables.

Quite often new machines can be found with major problems associated with any of the above or simply with bad assembly and poor quality control.
Does the NRA have any plans for Penguin shooting trips for hunters?OK, Hanna.

Let us know how the disk check, et al., goes.

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Does the NRA have any plans for Penguin shooting trips for hunters?


Not unless Bill GATES becomes the chairman of the NRA!Maybe the Luddites will stage a comeback and go around smashing Windows...


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