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The computer gets frozn screen after using for a hour or so

one hour or so, it works great, but sometimes, when I use it longer, especailly after an idle time or walk away from it, then come back the screen becomes frozen, when I click the mouse, the arrow becomes a rainbow filled circle and I can not go anywhere, if it turns it down, it remains the same, but if I wait longer ( one or two hours, it works again. I wonder what it is the problem, I thought it was virus. any ideas? please help.

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Sounds like a over heat issue. Please give us the last three letters of your serial number so we can direct you to the correct teardown. You can then clean the fans and/or go further and replace the thermal paste on the heat sink.

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Apple Mac mini "Core 2 Duo" 2.0 (Early 2009) Specs

Identifiers: Early 2009/NVIDIA - MB463LL/A* - Macmini3,1 - A1283 - 2264

Here's the teardown: Mac mini Model A1283 Teardown

Here are the repair guides: Mac mini Model A1283

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here are the last three number: 19x

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if I send the mini to you, can you guys fix it. and how much will be?

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