Well, you guys will only see me here in the mornings for the next 2-3 days, last night my computer and I had a run in and it has since been left in a non-useable state.
Last night I received my package from directron.com, I ordered a new thermaltake heatsink for my processor to keep things a little cooler. I started by shutting my computer down and then removing the power and cords to ensure all power was removed from the case before messing with things.
After the power was removed, I removed the heatsink and fan from the processor to replace it with the new one. The installation went fine, although the old heatsink was pretty hard to remove (those metal bars are not easy to bend off on the Tt heatsinks).
After the heatsink was installed I booted up my computer and boom, it happens, the worst possible thing of all; my processor was FRIED. I started smelling burning coming from the fan, at first I felt it was just the new smell of the fan although it started to smell all through my room.
So I am now faced with a small problem, I may have to buy more than just a new processor. I am not sure if my board will support XP Processors (which is what I am wanting), so I may have to buy a new board, processor, and DDR RAM as not too many stores carry the SDRAM PC133 Motherboards around here, they are all DDR based
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Just how I wanted to spend another $200-$600
11-08-2002, 12:15 PM
Of All The Dumb Luck
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