Re: OT: Motherboard and heat sync fan issue

Alan Dayley wrote:

>I have not seen this before so I thought I'd ask around.
>
>One of the testing host computers, an older 400 or 500 MHz system, was
>frozen when I cam in on Monday. Finally getting around to investigating,
>I found the CPU heat sync fan not running. No big deal, I though, go get
>a new one.
>
>Well, the new one did not run either. The old "dead" one runs fine on a
>different motherboard (??). But it or the new one will not run on the
>original motherboard. The motherboard boots and appears to work fine in
>every other way, until the CPU gets too hot.
>
>Swapping a heat sync and fan is easy. Pulling the box out of the rack and
>swapping the motherboard is hard (and more expensive). Before going
>though all that, I have to ask: Has anyone seen and solved such a thing
>without replacing the motherboard?
>
>Alan
>
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They sell power dongles that chang the connection from a smalll 2 pin or
3 pin like you connect to a mb to a 4 pin that would typically be on a
hard drive that way you can get the power direct from the power supply
and not the mother board.


Jim
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