To reset a soc 775 CPU fan, you REALLY need the factory instructions.
Both for proper removal and to "pre-set" the pins to properly try again.
The friend I mentioned broke his fan mounting and I had to get a replacement
fan (a heat pipe type third party) shipped in.
He was lucky to have an MB where thermal protection was the default setting in
the BIOS or he might have damaged the CPU.
I have the retail boxed instructions for an E8500 if you need them scanned and
e-mailed.
(It would be faster and easier if Intel had them somewhere on their WEB site.)
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair"
Merry Christmas! Rick,
Yes, I do plan to check the hs/fan combo first. I did have trouble getting
it to "click" on to the m/b. I do suspect this even though the fan spins at
power on (as does the chassis fan). I will start a debug session in a day
or so.
The final set of new parts are mounted and running well ATM in the guest
BR! So, I am 2 out of 3 ATM. Yes, I suppose that the I-775 socket can be
troublesome. Each time I mounted a cpu I sat and wondered about the
manufacturing process that made a socket so small that has 775 small pins
in it. That is some precision.....still amazed....... :)
Best of the Season!
Duncan
At 04:27 12/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
The E8400 is a socket 775.
Check the CPU heatsink.
That is a poor design, and I patched up friends box when the fan fell off,
(or got a little loose).
Rick Glazier
DHSinclair wrote:
j.,
No it did not even work back here on my desk/workbench.
