On 18 Jul 2006 at 20:38, Carl Houseman wrote: > I'd be surprised if Dell would sell anything less than an entire motherboard > with CPU installed to repair this problem. They wouldn't want their field > service techs messing around with heat sink swaps, I bet. (that's assuming > they would even offer to repair such an old machine at any price...)
Highway robbery if you buy it from Dell. Had a client in the same position. With some of the older Dimensions, the cpu fan is not attached the cpu, there is a shroud covering the heatsink on the cpu which goes to a fan at the back of the case. Dell charged the client $200 for the fan and the plastic housing that clips into the case. It was just a large standard dc fan that you should be able to get in any decent electronics shop for like $20 or $30 max. You use the old housing and you are golden. If your machine is of the same type, open the machine, look at the fan housing and you'll see 4 plastic clips you can squeeze to release the unit. Take it to an electronics store and get a replacement that way. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
