Thank you for re-affirming my original point which you previously counterpointed...
"Some fans are more difficult to change than others, and if you have to replace the entire heat sink that's a lot more trouble than swapping hard drives or modem cards." -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 12:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dell Dimension CPU Fan Replacement At 12:46 AM 7/19/2006, Carl Houseman typed: >Heatsinks bundled with retail socket 478 and 775 Intel CPUs use fans which >are are molded right into the heatsink clamping bracket. They cannot be >replaced with standard fans. In which case then she would need the whole HSF [heat sink & fan] unit & those sites have those as well. Of course that would be a larger job with cleaning the CPU without damaging it & making sure the new HSF is seated properly. -- ---------------------------------------- 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
