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Originally posted by Sunshine
So it seems like something needs to warm up, but what (processor)?
The processor warms up, but it can run healthily at extremely cold temperatures (dry ice cold).
The capacitors on the computer store a bit of charge even once the computer is turned off, so if it was just turned off, turning on the computer is different from leaving it a day since it was turned off. I don't know whether it is relevant here <-- hope that makes sense
I remember someone posting about the residual charge somewhere it was relevant, but I can't remember what it was.
From the effects, I can't tell what part of the computer is causing problems. I guessed it might have been the RAM but you daid you swapped that. I'd take it to a computer shop and ask them to test everything, because it is most likely hardware related.
Buy a pack of blank DVDs and start backing up furiously just incase it dies completely.
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