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Author Might be time for a new computer
Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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2nd Feb 10 at 01:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fan has been coming on a lot lately so I stripped it down to see what the problem was. Not only was it full of dust and carpet, but one of the heat sink clips is broken as well so the sink isn't even contacting the processor properly.

And I can't find said clip anywhere to buy unless I get an entire board.

Plus it can't even cope with Youtube videos if they're even remotely high res.

Plus it can't cope with FB chat and Firefox in general.

I would change the board but I've not built one for that long I don't even know what goes with what any more. Plus that would probably then mean that my IDE drives and PCI video card were no good.
Jonny.N
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2nd Feb 10 at 03:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cant you not just put a new heat sink back on it?
bigboykarl
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Leighton
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2nd Feb 10 at 11:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Beast Looks like im building 2 new comps now then
I have a 478 mobo that we can use the clip off for the min though.
andy1868
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is it the clip on the heat sink itself, or the thing it attaches to on the board?
Ian
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Its the clip on the board. Looked today at a scrapper one in work and the clips are different so I couldn't even salvage that clip. Need a matched clip and heatsink I think.
Andrew
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2nd Feb 10 at 23:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get pictures of the clip Ian.

We have a big pile of old PCs stacked up ready for someone to collect. If i get chance i can have a look for you.
noshua
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Identifying the mobo/cpu would give what clip you needed, would it not?
dannymccann
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Ian, dont even bother. You say you are running on PCI and IDE Seriously, you could buy a much better PC for not shy of £300 which would last as long as this one has
Nismo
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Ian i expected you to have something that if you had to reboot it the earth would stop spinning for a few momments

Leighton
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HAHA
Ian has the oldest comp running/not running so well any more in the world
Got his moneys worth out of it though 10 years is not to bad

 
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