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Thread ID: 118894	2011-06-25 09:06:00	CPU OK?	pctek (84)	Press F1

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1211940	2011-06-25 09:06:00	Idiot decided to play with mums PC. Violently ripped the Socket 775 HSF off the CPU, and after doing who knows what, tried to put it back in, munting the clips beyond repair. I got it back in with the aid of some hot glue, so that it was sitting tightly, just to check CPU. Got into the BIOS and it allowed be to change things, check HDD detected etc before shutting down. CPU max in BIOS is 70 degrees, BIOS reports CPU at 107. Which is what idiot complained off - shutting off after a few seconds. Thinks it's OK still? I can easily get another HSF for it.	pctek (84)
1211941	2011-06-25 13:50:00	pricespy.co.nz All of these(or at least the ones with the grren ticks)	PPp (9511)
1211942	2011-06-25 14:48:00	sounds like the cpu still works, else it wouldn't be booting. You mean the clips that hold the HSF to the board and cpu right? Could just give it a push down on, if you can find some way of doing it. If it'll boot after that ok, I imagine just a new HSF is in order as you say. edit - i mean push down on it as in apply the force to it that would usually be applied by the pins some other way. Perhaps break the clip pins off, and wire/tie it through the holes? Then tie it to the case or something. Or just push down on it? Hell i dunno, depends on how bad it's damaged I guess.	8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1211943	2011-06-25 21:40:00	I would guess HS is not making proper contact with the CPU, you put new paste on right? Or does it have a pad of reusable TIM?	The Error Guy (14052)
1211944	2011-06-25 21:53:00	Should make the idiot who messed with your mums PC pay for fixing it.	DarkFather (16402)
1211945	2011-06-26 00:18:00	Yeah, fresh thermal paste in a thin film should be top priority, coz it's probably been disturbed. Keeping decent and even pressure on the heat sink might be the remaining challenge to getting things going well from then. If the clips, or the point they hook on, have been munted then it'll be a challenge to keep the thing healthy in a thermal sense... I can't think of any reliable options if that is the case.	Paul.Cov (425)
1211946	2011-06-26 00:19:00	HSF stuffed, he's broken clips. CPU - I did suspect the BIOS doesn't tell you the CPU works, sure it sees it has one. Actually I'm not sure how because I took it out before and even better, he had the thing in the wrong way round, shoved the shield back over it and mashed it into the board. 3 pins that I can see are flat. So who knows if it works. The board is in a nasty wee case and it has 4 sata ports and 1 IDE. So whoever built it decided that it needed an IDE DVD and an IDE HDD. So to get the ide cable to stretch the drive can't go down the bottom, I moved it better than it was but it still covers the second RAM slot. The first which it touches, has 512Mb RAM, the PC is running Vista. And it has the usual 385W heap of **** PSU. No GPU card and the CPU is a Celeron. Owner apparently does a bit of net, skype, facebook and games. Hah, what games? I seriously doubt it's capable. Idiot is unemployed and also has a mental illness so him paying for it won't happen. Owner, well, her ex is consulting to see what she wants to do, could get another HSF, but then if CPU or board is knackered. Even if it isn't, it will still run like a crippled snail. Naturally me getting paid for this too, is fairly unlikely. Well maybe, but not really for the time spent on it. idiot that built it in the first place, idiot that decided to play with it....geez.	pctek (84)
1211947	2011-06-26 01:01:00	If they can cope with a laptop then getting one of the low end ones *could* be affordable. $600 for an Acer or Asus laptop (can't remember which it was), Had an i5, intel GMA Gfx 2gb RAM 320 HDD and a decent screen. Island keyboard.	The Error Guy (14052)
1211948	2011-06-26 01:22:00	an i5 for $600? that seems a bit too cheap	Greven (91)
1211949	2011-06-26 09:57:00	mobile i5's are crap thats why :pf1mobmini:	jareemon (5207)
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