Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Hardware/Software - Weird thing stuck on old CPU
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kitty
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BMF, old P1s ran hot BECAUSE the core was on the bottom of the chip. This design flaw required a large passive heatsink, or a small active one. |
HyperLamer
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It sure seems to be. The speaker starts beeping and graphics get corrupted. With a P200 with fan, it runs alright (well, it was, but that's a different problem  ). |
BMF98567
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Are you sure it's overheating? Something as slow as a Pentium 233 really shouldn't need a fan to stay cool (those Pentium IIs in the cartridges didn't). My K6-2 400 barely gets warm with a heatsink attached. I think the fan actually stopped spinning for a while a few years ago, and it ran fine the whole time (and is still running to this day).
If you still insist on installing a fan, you might try buying a small chipset/video card fan and screwing it directly into the fins on the heatsink. |
kitty
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Looks like a heatsink missing the fan. Some old pentiums had them permanently affixed to the chip.
You can try to take it off by putting it in the freezer, then carefully tring to cut/pry it off with a razorblade. On P1s, the core is on the bottom of the ceramic, not the top; so it won't "Crack the core". |
HyperLamer
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As you can see, this is an ordinary, working Pentium 233 CPU with some weird thing stuck on the top. I dunno what it is, but it prevents me from installing a fan, which means it overheats pretty quick. It doesn't seem to be glued on; if it is, it's damn strong glue. I think I could just pry it off, but I don't want to wreck the chip. (It almost seems like it's part of it.  ) Does anyone know what this is and how to remove it? |
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