Noise from the System Cabinet - What to do?

At some point of time - You might have a little bad news.
One fine day, you might hear lot of noise from within the system cabinet. You might wonder if it is the noise of hard drive,SMPS or the Internal fans. SO here is what i suggest. The CPU or SMPS need to be serviced or changed. Its just that they might have become dirty/dusty or the oil/grease from the fan motor might have dried out! Sometimes, the shaft of the fan has a mis-alignment and thus caused the fan blades to vibrate which inturn creates a lot of sound.

So Remove the fans, clean them thoroughly and also apply a drop of oil to each one for smoothness. Special Option? I suggest you to go and buy new ones :) Doesnt cost real much!!!

Most Imp - Keep your Baby(PC) clean and green anytime Internal or external !!!

_INS0432._MP - Entry Point Not Found - Unusual Error

This is not related to startup or shutdown. But I have read this in a PC Errors article where in I found it as a very tough one to crack! Accordingly, this was found out of the Microsoft Knowledge base. If you have seen, the full error would be:

_INS0432._MP - Entry Point Not Found - The procedure entry point SUnMapLS_IP_EBP_16 could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll

Looks scary...isnt it? I guess it should be even for the PC Geeks! Usually this message occurs when you install Laplink Software’s Laplink or PCSync software.Laplink recommends various possible remedies for this issue, including updating your video drivers to the latest version, removing temporary files from your computer and attempting the installation again, downloading and installing the latest Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, and finally, ensuring that all the latest patches and service packs are installed. SO check it out and hope this was helpful!

recycled/boot.com is not a valid Windows32 application

Sometimes when you try to open your drives, they do not open which is quite frustating and annoying... a message showing ‘recycled/boot.com is not a valid Windows32 application’ pops up.

Do not worry this is nothing to do with the drives or harddisk errors. Its just that you havent paid enough attention to your antivirus program. Why? Since this is being caused by a virus!

Fix: Please download latest virus definitions for your antivirus program.

Clean your harddrives and any other removable drives.

• Delete any hidden ‘autorun.inf' files from all the drives. These files will be present in the root folder.
• Scan the registry and find the words ‘recycled’ and ‘boot.com’ and delete the keys. Take a backup of the registry before doing so using any registry cleaner software.
• Scan and delete all files that state boot.com in the folder ‘C:\Windows\system32\dllcache’
• Scan and delete all files that state boot.com in the folder ‘C:\Windows\prefetch’ or just clear the folder.
• Clear the temp folder, cookies, and Internet cache.
• Disable the Autorun feature before accessing any external drives (USB lash drives, cameras, etc.) and CD/DVDs or just hold down [Shift] for 15 seconds when plugging in the drives. This will prevent the ‘autorun.inf’ file from executing the virus. Do not double-click on the drive letter, instead right-click and select ‘Explore’ to open it.
• Delete all files and folders with names ‘autorun.inf’ and ‘resycled’ from all drives and folders.

My Suggestion: Use a software called the USBShield which doesnt allow your external drive to execute any virus'.
And always keep your antivirus program up to date when using shared external media or if you download unknown software often. Keep Windows updated using the automatic update feature.

Ref: Chip