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KenO
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Inherited a Dell Dimension 2300 that suddenly shut down for some
reason besides a power outage.
Found reason when opened the case and found a broken P4 cpu heat sink
retainer and loose heat sink.
Did some searching and found others with same problem.
For example:
"The heatsink is clamped onto a black plastic moulding which appears
to be screwed onto the motherboard and surrounds the CPU socket. On of
the 'legs' which sticks up from this has broken. As a result one end
of the heatsink cannot be tightly clamped to the CPU.
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.comp.homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/aa39dd6016df30b9/d2b013fe15c9c2ab?hl=en&q=broken+P4+heat+sink+retainer#d2b013fe15c9c2ab
"When i opened the box to clean it out (been sitting in the same place
in the shop for 5 years) I found one of the heatsink retainers just
lying in the case. Upon furter inspection i found that the plasic
square box that is mounted to the motherboard that the heatsink
attaches to is broken."
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=465220
Since this OEM part tends to fail would like to do a more permanent
repair.
Did a search using [best P4 CPU heat sink retainer] but so far have
not found anything of interest.
Am open to any comments, suggestions, tips...
Thanks
Ken
reason besides a power outage.
Found reason when opened the case and found a broken P4 cpu heat sink
retainer and loose heat sink.
Did some searching and found others with same problem.
For example:
"The heatsink is clamped onto a black plastic moulding which appears
to be screwed onto the motherboard and surrounds the CPU socket. On of
the 'legs' which sticks up from this has broken. As a result one end
of the heatsink cannot be tightly clamped to the CPU.
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.comp.homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/aa39dd6016df30b9/d2b013fe15c9c2ab?hl=en&q=broken+P4+heat+sink+retainer#d2b013fe15c9c2ab
"When i opened the box to clean it out (been sitting in the same place
in the shop for 5 years) I found one of the heatsink retainers just
lying in the case. Upon furter inspection i found that the plasic
square box that is mounted to the motherboard that the heatsink
attaches to is broken."
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=465220
Since this OEM part tends to fail would like to do a more permanent
repair.
Did a search using [best P4 CPU heat sink retainer] but so far have
not found anything of interest.
Am open to any comments, suggestions, tips...
Thanks
Ken