i think i killed my hsf

Kamel

hmmm, well, i was forced to get on my old 800mhz comp because i sold my processor of my new rig. to make a long story short, this thing had about 3 inches of dust in the heatsink for the CPU, so i decided it would make my box happy if i cleaned it (was bored, had nothing better to do anyway). so, i cleaned it all out, got it all working smooth and good... turned it on and now it's making the awfullest noise... i think the dust was holding it together or something, i could barely hear it before. oh well, i guess you shouldn't do maintenence on old computers, lol.

Judas

what did you use on it?.... did you use something that'd remove "lubrication" of some sort..... you might have cleaned it to well to the point of drying out the motor... give it a shot of mineral oil or sewing machine oil... (something small and lite)

Borealis

I know how you feel kamel, I've got an old 933mhz p3, I'm sooo scared to touch it nowadays. It's got alot of valuable pictures on it(birth of my daughter) and if I break it my wife will break me.

Never noticed it before but it doesn't even have a fan on the back of the case...POS.

Last time I TRIED to play counter-strike on it I was getting about 2 fps with a radeonVE in it.

*opens desk cabinet and stares at the evil beast*

CDsDontBurn

i'd replace the HSF in a heartbeat. Even the cheap stuff out today is much better than the cheap stuff back in the day. a $20 HSF now usually comes w/a copper base, and like a year ago, a $20 HSF wouldn't.

transfer the files.....set up a network and put them on another more upto date and reliable computer (oxymoron when it comes to computers)

Borealis

See now thats the problem, I'm clueless when it comes to linking computers or networks or any of that stuff.

CDsDontBurn

all you need is two network cards (one inside each computer), some cat5e network cable (make sure it's patch/straight through cable), and a 10/100 switch. make the physical connections to both computers. After all the hardware is installed, install the proper drivers if windows does not auto detect the hardware.

Then set the settings in windows (i'm assuming you've got windows, if you don't, then i don't know what to say).

win9x:
right click on "Network neighborhood" and go down to properties. Under properties, you want to make sure that "printer and file sharing" box is marked. Then select TCP/IP and then click on properties. In the Properties window, select "Obtain IP address automatically." And reboot as prompted. Do this for both computers if both run win9x.

winXP/2000 (easy way):
right click on "My network places." On the left side bar, there should be an icon saying "Set up a home or small office network." A wizard window will appear, and simply follow the wizard's instructions. If one computer is a non winXP/2000 machine, then at the end of the wizard it will ask you if you want to make a diskette (requires a floppy disk), in order to use the wizard on those non winXP/2000 machines.

winXP/2000 (hard way):
right click on "My network places." In the new window, right click on your network connection (should be labled "Local Aera Connection"), and go down to "properties." In the new window, select TCP/IP and then click on properties. In the Properties window, select "Obtain IP address automatically."

Borealis

Well I'll be damned. Sounds easy enough. Maybe I'll give it a go tomorrow, then I can just the old piece of crap.

Thanks for the info man, I'll try and put it to good use.

Kamel

hehe. when i cleaned it, i just took the fan off and set it to the side. i cleaned the actual heatsink of dirt that was realistically speaking down about a half of an inch into the heatsink. i've got a 60mm fan i can replace it with, but i haven't yet figured out if it would be better to use the 60mm fan as active cooling on my northbridge of my new rig... decisions decisions, lmao. i then decided it was so dirty i should wash the heatsink in water to get all the crap out of it. worked well, made sure to let it dry (kinda) before putting it back on lmao. i don't like this comp tbh, i really do a lot of abusive things to it subconsciously to hurt it, lol. good example being that i never let scandisk run on it, though i know it needs to repair some files. just too impatient for it to run i guess. "nah, i'll wait until next time i just need to do somethin real quick" hehe.

btw, good luck borealis... yea, it's very easy. you could probably set up a home network with very little knowledge of computers. matter of fact, i can't remember the first time i set up a home network, but i'm sure i knew very little, lol.

CDsDontBurn

i forgot to say that if you have DSL/Cable internet, get a router instead of a switch. The router will make your ISP think you only have 1 computer hooked up to the internet when you in reality have 2 or more computers going online. Routers also provide a firewall for your computer(s). The best router i feel are Linksys (company is owned by CISCO) routers, then D-Link, then Buffalo (they make great wireless networking stuff), then whoever else is out there.

GutterPunk

yeah lube up the fan, i fixed a 667 mhz comp that the fan wasnt running w/, used some mineral oil and wham bam it still works

Matth

Another esy way to transfer and store data, is with a USB flashdrive - larger versions cost a bit more than the cheap 32Mb models, but even those let you shift files quicker than with 1.44Mb floppies - the real answer, is to burn them to CD - if any data is of economic or sentimental value, then you MUST have more than one copy!