It would probably be cheaper to just buy a new HS & fan since places are probably going to charge more, or maybe the same for the fan. However, if you're new to this it may be "cheaper" for you (by being less trouble) to just replace the fan since some of these slot 1 HS/fan combo's can be a real pain to remove the clips, there's a 'technique' to it. Again however...if you have 3 fans on the heatsink, then they are all 3 spliced into each other to form one connector, OR, you have 3 separate leads (one for each fan). If the latter, this would be easy. If the former, you'd have to do some wire splicing.
If you end up replacing the whole thing, you MUST put a gob of thermal putty (heat sink compound) between the CPU and heatsink. If you get a fan, or HS/fan combo from elsewhere (out of state), the shipping is probably going to end up costing you more than your local store's price, even though they are probably more expensive. So, I think your best bet and *easiest* thing for you is to get the combo from them, and just replace the fan. Note though, that since you have THREE 2" fans on that heatsink (if this is the case) and two are still working, you don't even need to replace the bad one. Most of these PII HS & fan units only had one fan on them. 2 would be sufficient...unless your heatsink is very thin. If it's 1.5 - 2" thick, two fans would be fine. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a Pentium II 333 MHz computer that was built in April 1998. The CPU fan started making noise and I wanted to replace it myself and along the way learn a little about the machine. The CPU has three heat sinks on it with a fan on the middle one. The fan is held onto the heat sink with four screws, one in each corner. The fan is about two inches square and it plugs into the mother board with a small connector. I removed the fan by removing the screws and took the fan to a local computer store. The man at the store told me that they did not sell the fans alone but I had to buy the fan mounted on a heat sink. It looks like replacing the heat sink would be quite a job. Can anyone give me a quick course on this subject or point me to a website where I can learn more? When I learn this I will then try replacing the power supply fan. Thank you, Tom Dimeo ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
