At 03:19 PM 10/05/2012, DSinc wrote:
Thane,
I reply to your original post. I've read the replies and your answers.
I have good luck cleaning cpu heatsinks by dropping then in the sink
with hot water and DAWN dishwashing liquid. (If Dawn is good for
birds, perhaps good for Aluminum!)
Somehow this lifts all the 'human' life dirt off the metal. Yes, I
am a smoker still; so I deal with this pollutant actively. I
clean/bathe my heatsinks from time to time still. My cross to bear.
Hi Duncan,
I guess cleaning your own carcinogens off heat sinks might
be ok, but I'm sure as heck not cleaning someone else's. :) Heat
sinks are too cheap and my time too valuable to bother cleaning them.
Please check the m/b 'coin' cell. I raised a question some years
back and, I feel, I got blown off. Fine!
I do replace my 'coin' cells when I start seeing boot behavior that
'makes no sense.'
I can NOT stipulate what measurable voltage indicates a bad
cell. But, when I measure a cell at ~3.0xx vdc, I replace the
cell. That is my story, and, I AM sticking to it! If only because
I still run 10+ year old m/b's that sport fresh 'coin' cells. I do
not recall the last time I had a 'weird boot' situation. And, my
BIOS selections remain active.
Good point. With coin cells I'm never sure on when they are worn out
either, but I only replace them if they won't hold time settings. I
find most of them last in the six to ten year range. I swapped the
one on this motherboard out with no change.
T
