Ruahrc
02-24-2001, 02:12 AM
Well I'm back after a little break from the forums. Strange happenings too...
My friend was having problems with his computer, (random errors/lockups/reboots) so we tried to diagnose them. Swapped out various components with no luck. Then we thought it might be the CPU. So I gave him mine to see if it was the problem. He took it to his house, installed it, and got no POST. Funny, he thought but he saw that his own CPU wasn't making good contact with his HSF thus causing his probs. Gives his CPU back to me, and it won't POST on my computer either. Hmmm.... um.... Dead CPU. DOH! Shiny new 1GHz Tbird is going to become a new keychain now. He kindly replaced it however so I have a new 1GHz CPU that works =).
The strangeness doesn't end there though. His computer seemed fine so he left it on for a few hours, and it locked up again. He resetted, but the old problems came back again, and after a few resets his CPU wouldn't POST. It had Died Too! Luckily his was under warranty (he bought his retail) so he is in the process of getting a replacement. The most odd thing about this was that both CPU's died within 3 hours of eachother on the same day! Talk about ***** happening.......
Anyways, so now I'm back with a new CPU. Tell me if I did this correctly: I got a new HSF with the new CPU, and did a little hybridizing. The new Heatsink seemed to have more fins/surface area than my old one, but was slightly shorter. The new fan had fewer blades than my old one. So I took the new heatsink (with more fins/surface area) and matched it with my old fan, (more blades, plus the new one was louder) and called it good. Am I correct in assuming that more blades=more airflow and more fins=greater heat dissipation, even though the new heatsink may be slightly smaller in size? I also lapped the HSf, and now under a full load (running Prime95) my temp maxes at 47°C, 3° cooler than before.
Then I found I had a bad batch of CD-R. The burning software would report that it was burning at 4x, but the "bytes remaining" number would only go down at a rate of 2x. (The data/audio on the CD seems to be fine though) I got a different CD-R from my friend and tested it, and it burnt fine at the full 4x. Is this a bad batch of CD-R or just an incompatibility between my (older)burner and this type of CD-R?
Glad to be back
Ruahrc
My friend was having problems with his computer, (random errors/lockups/reboots) so we tried to diagnose them. Swapped out various components with no luck. Then we thought it might be the CPU. So I gave him mine to see if it was the problem. He took it to his house, installed it, and got no POST. Funny, he thought but he saw that his own CPU wasn't making good contact with his HSF thus causing his probs. Gives his CPU back to me, and it won't POST on my computer either. Hmmm.... um.... Dead CPU. DOH! Shiny new 1GHz Tbird is going to become a new keychain now. He kindly replaced it however so I have a new 1GHz CPU that works =).
The strangeness doesn't end there though. His computer seemed fine so he left it on for a few hours, and it locked up again. He resetted, but the old problems came back again, and after a few resets his CPU wouldn't POST. It had Died Too! Luckily his was under warranty (he bought his retail) so he is in the process of getting a replacement. The most odd thing about this was that both CPU's died within 3 hours of eachother on the same day! Talk about ***** happening.......
Anyways, so now I'm back with a new CPU. Tell me if I did this correctly: I got a new HSF with the new CPU, and did a little hybridizing. The new Heatsink seemed to have more fins/surface area than my old one, but was slightly shorter. The new fan had fewer blades than my old one. So I took the new heatsink (with more fins/surface area) and matched it with my old fan, (more blades, plus the new one was louder) and called it good. Am I correct in assuming that more blades=more airflow and more fins=greater heat dissipation, even though the new heatsink may be slightly smaller in size? I also lapped the HSf, and now under a full load (running Prime95) my temp maxes at 47°C, 3° cooler than before.
Then I found I had a bad batch of CD-R. The burning software would report that it was burning at 4x, but the "bytes remaining" number would only go down at a rate of 2x. (The data/audio on the CD seems to be fine though) I got a different CD-R from my friend and tested it, and it burnt fine at the full 4x. Is this a bad batch of CD-R or just an incompatibility between my (older)burner and this type of CD-R?
Glad to be back
Ruahrc