On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 12:13, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday October 13 2003 10:16 am, Aidan & Kristy Holmes wrote: > > I don't think I have done any damage to the chip, as all seems to > > be running properly and reliably. I could easily have done in the > > early days though, I used to just let it run If I wasn't going to > > be near the computer for it to bug me.......whoops :-) Lucky you > > guys pointed out the real problem. > > > > Thanks, > > Aidan Holmes, > > Western Australia. > > OK, good. At this point you should check that thermal pad. Often > they deteriorate over time, but as in your case, overheated cpu's > can almost instantly damage them. Get some thermal compound, and > then shut down the system, unplug it. Remove the heatsink by > releasing the spring clips on each side. Scrape off the (remnants) > of the pad. Both from the heatsink and from the cpu. Clean the > heatsink and fan. Apply a thin layer (about the thickness of a > sheet of paper) to the cpu and remount the heatsink. You can Google > for many links that illustrate all this with pictures. Should be > good to go from then on.
Tom is 100% on on this, even it seems fine, for only a few bucks and a few minute, you cna save yourself a cpu. the heat will still shorten the life, even if it does not die this week, but you can make a world of difference, with a little thermal grease. > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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