>I found the heat sink securely attached to the chip but with no fan >on the heat sink. Yep, that's standard procedure. I don't know of any apple computer that's ever had a cpu heatsink fan. They just seem cheesy to me...
>And, no fan blowing across. There is a wopping big fan on the power >supply that appears >to be facing the motherboard, Yep, that's how it goes. that I cleared of some dust as well as dust everywhere > I wonder if I'm out of the woods? You may very well be. Think how well I'd think if I had that much dust in *my* head. that 8500 should be much happier now than before. -Tyler -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
