On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 11:25:22 +0100 (MET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to shut the power down (completly, not even the restart button on
> the chassi works IIRC) to get it back up to 400MHz, I thought that
> CTRL-ALT-DEL would fix it, but then the BIOS reported the CPU to be a K6-2
> at 210MHz (And there's not even an option to set the CPU at that speed AFAIK).
> Another problem I have at times is that the temperature on the motherboard
> and/or cpu is getting very hot so the BIOS complains (I thought about
> turning these checks off but thought it might be safer with them still on).
> //Bernie
Bernie,
I obtained a cpu fan kit and installed it on top of my cpu and
that fixed the overheating. These kits come with a new heat sink,
and also get a little tube of the "heat transfer stuff" to put
a little dab on the cpu before putting the heat sink and fan on
top. Your serviceperson<g> can do all that for you and also
check the main fan, and see if the machine needs a cleaning.
I saw one being cleaned outside of a shop once, and it was so
dirty they had to go outside to spray the cleaner on the
motherboard! I am assuming that your problem is cooling related.
If it never returns to a 400MHz then the shop might have to
replace something<g>.
You might do like I do, and get several old cheap computers, then
if one won't work, you'll have others!
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Misssissippi
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