My morning of FAIL
Last night I noticed my work PC was offline. I usually leave it in IRC when I'm gone, but it wasn't in the channel when I checked yesterday evening.
Got in to the office this a.m. and found it offline, as I suspected. Tried to boot it and got to the desktop when I heard an awful sound and the PC shut down. Tried again, same thing. And then again... same thing. Got into the BIOS and noticed the temps for the CPU were skyrocketing 50C... 53C... 57C... 61C... 65C. I shut it down. Even with the stock HSF, it shouldn't hit that at idle in the BIOS.
Checked the HSF. Found out it's an old ThermalTake. Looks like it's probably a Volcano. It was caked with dust and I figured the fan was probably shot after all these years of Folding etc. 24/7. Told my boss I needed a new heatsink and they said they'd reimburse me for it.
Went down the street to PC Club and found out the store is closed. FAIL.
Went across the street to an independent PC shop. They only had an OEM Coolermaster aluminum hunk of crap. FAIL.
Went to Best Buy. They only had some RocketFish rebadged CM, but at least it has a 120mm fan and some heatpipes. Still, I wanted something better.
Went to another indie store down the street. $80 for an old Zalman orb?!? WTFNO. Their prices were retarded.
Went back to Best Buy and got the RocketFish thingy for $30 out the door.
Back at the office, I went to pull the old TT HSF off the board. The prong the mounting clip attaches to broke off. Not a biggie, except nobody uses 3 prong mounts anymore. FAIL. Went to the store, got some superglue, and tried to reattach the prong. No go. Not strong enough. Popped off a few times and melted the mounting surface. Way to suck.
So I ordered this:http://www.frozencpu.com/products/5923/bra-12/CPU_Fan_Retainer_Bracket_w_Backplate_-_AMD_K8_and_Opteron_Socket_754_939_940.html
Hopefully it'll be here in a day or two so I can get my rig back up here at the office. Until then, I'll be offline during the day, trying to make the spare office computer work.:thumbsdow
Got in to the office this a.m. and found it offline, as I suspected. Tried to boot it and got to the desktop when I heard an awful sound and the PC shut down. Tried again, same thing. And then again... same thing. Got into the BIOS and noticed the temps for the CPU were skyrocketing 50C... 53C... 57C... 61C... 65C. I shut it down. Even with the stock HSF, it shouldn't hit that at idle in the BIOS.
Checked the HSF. Found out it's an old ThermalTake. Looks like it's probably a Volcano. It was caked with dust and I figured the fan was probably shot after all these years of Folding etc. 24/7. Told my boss I needed a new heatsink and they said they'd reimburse me for it.
Went down the street to PC Club and found out the store is closed. FAIL.
Went across the street to an independent PC shop. They only had an OEM Coolermaster aluminum hunk of crap. FAIL.
Went to Best Buy. They only had some RocketFish rebadged CM, but at least it has a 120mm fan and some heatpipes. Still, I wanted something better.
Went to another indie store down the street. $80 for an old Zalman orb?!? WTFNO. Their prices were retarded.
Went back to Best Buy and got the RocketFish thingy for $30 out the door.
Back at the office, I went to pull the old TT HSF off the board. The prong the mounting clip attaches to broke off. Not a biggie, except nobody uses 3 prong mounts anymore. FAIL. Went to the store, got some superglue, and tried to reattach the prong. No go. Not strong enough. Popped off a few times and melted the mounting surface. Way to suck.
So I ordered this:http://www.frozencpu.com/products/5923/bra-12/CPU_Fan_Retainer_Bracket_w_Backplate_-_AMD_K8_and_Opteron_Socket_754_939_940.html
Hopefully it'll be here in a day or two so I can get my rig back up here at the office. Until then, I'll be offline during the day, trying to make the spare office computer work.:thumbsdow
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Luck, BJ.
I also took the time to reroute the cables in the case for better airflow and easy maintenance, and I soundly flogged it with a can of compressed air to get the dust out. My rig is happy. Also, I ripped out a crapton of useless cables, port replicators, and non-working "mods"; enough to fill a WalMart bag.
Added lightness
Good luck with the hsf, Buddy J.
But only next time around.
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