elemint@theriver.com wrote:
> 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
This is probably your best choice at first. It should get you going long
enough to find out the processor is flaky now from over-heating.
In the end, you'll probably end up replacing the CPU, MB, and the RAM to match
the new board. (You can't get slot one boards new anymore, nor processors that
will work in this board even with an adapter.)
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AMAZING BUT TRUE ...
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