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Fucked up a Desktop. Halp?
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Fucked up a Desktop. Halp?

Have any of you cleaned out a computer, replaced the heatsink and fan only to have it turn on and shut off 30 seconds later? Wat do?

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apply magnets

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^That could work! None

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Are you SURE you applied the heatsink and fans properly?

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Pieman Wrote:Are you SURE you applied the heatsink and fans properly?

Not at all... I know it's not the fan, but it could be the heat sink. I don't see any other way of putting it in though. I'll fuck around with it and see what happens. Hopefully it isn't dead.

INB4 that's what she said/other sex joke.

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Look up some visual charts online if you're lost. Good luck.

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Herpderp, I accidentally scraped off the thermal shit from the heatsink. The processor has thermal paste, but the heatsink doesn't now. Gonna have to get some more of that shit. Hopefully it's not completely fried already. Laugh

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Even though it costs money, A processor upgrade will make your friggin day. I creamed my pants the first time I ran BFBC2 on my new i7 chip.
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Thought Criminal Wrote:Even though it costs money, A processor upgrade will make your friggin day. I creamed my pants the first time I ran BFBC2 on my new i7 chip.

Fuck intel. Get an AMD. Biggrin

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Oh come on now Pieman! I'm insulted. AMD? I'm not homeless!
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Thought Criminal Wrote:Oh come on now Pieman! I'm insulted. AMD? I'm not homeless!

The most expensive i7 I could find on newegg -
  • 3.33 Ghz
  • 4 x 256KB L2 Cache
  • 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366
  • 130W[/list:u]

    My processor (AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb), costing $160
    • 3.4GHz
    • 4 x 512KB L2
    • 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3
    • 125W[/list:u]

      The only thing that's better is the L3 cache, by a slim 2MB.
      Good fight.

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How many cores does your processor have?
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Thought Criminal Wrote:How many cores does your processor have?

Four. The same thing as an i7, but the i7 just thinks it has more cores.

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Touché
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Absentinsomniac Wrote:Herpderp, I accidentally scraped off the thermal shit from the heatsink. The processor has thermal paste, but the heatsink doesn't now. Gonna have to get some more of that shit. Hopefully it's not completely fried already. Laugh
lulz

Most new CPU's these days will just shut down when they get too hot, before they get fried... so hopefully it should still be fine. Arctic silver is good shit, btw.

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Lol, should of told me before. I bought shitty ass $2.50 shit and it isn't working. Won't spread right or something. I've been having a conversation on another site about it and we've tried everything from re-seating the ram to reseting the cmos bios settings... At this point, I'm pretty sure I just need better cream. I'll get the arctic shit.

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lulz... sorry, only saw this thread for the first time yesterday. Razz

here be moar info's:
http://www.techpowerup.com/printarticle.php?id=134

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