Fan attached to CPU

[mari-c]

I have a P3 CPU with the fan attached. This Pentium has become old without using it because it developed this problem after a year so or so of working fine. The computer re-boots continuously. Since this starts a while after loading the computer, I suspect the fan. But I do not know how to replace it as it housed in one unit with the CPU.

Sometimes the computer would not load at all, and I can fix this by pressing down on the CPU/Fan unit.

I would like to fix the problem as it has bothered me all these years. I intend to donate the computer to someone who is still running a PII.

MC

[thronka]

I had the same problem you are having. it is doing a constant reboot on powerup and wont stop at all?

Taking the HSF off is rather easy really. Do you have a way of taking a pic of it w/ a digi cam and posting it?

[mari-c]

I have taken a picture of the unit, but I could not attach it as it is "too large".

I forgot to mention that the Maxtor hard drive was replaced because it sometimes loses the partitions and drive information after reboots and needs to have the drive's information re-entered from CMOS. The new drive I received from Maxtor did not help this problem. This computer has two hard drives and both drives lose the information, but disk 00 is more prone to do so.

I also thought of the CMOS chip, but nothing else is amiss.

MC

[mari-c]

Yes, this is what it does, constant re-boots. I also checked the computer with memory sticks from another one and this did not solve the problem.

I guess that the worse thing is the drive losing the information/partitions.

Here are the specs:
PIII 450MHz, slot 1, 191.42MB (RAM) 100 kHz DIMN (168-pin), ASUS P3B-F, ver 1008 beta4, Award BIOS 205.13a, ProView monitor. DiamondMax 536DX Maxtor 4W080H6 80G and 8 G IDE drives.Disk 0 is divided into 3 FAT32 partitions and disk 1 into 5 (15G) with Partition Magic. Toshiba DVD-RAM SW1101 rev.
I have tried to start the machine with only the minimal hardware. This was a long time ago, but I guess that this did not help.

MC

[mari-c]

The unit displayed at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
Looks very similar

MC

Your drive losing the info may be that it can't support that large of drive (80GB) or the CMOS battery is bad. Take it to the store and get one just like it. I'd recommend Radio Shack, they can test it as well, and get an a replacement.

As for your photo, make sure it's in JPEG format and not BMP. You might have to open it in MSPaint and crop it some. It doesn't have to be great detail, I just wanna see why type HSF it has on it. Some have spring clips, some have screws, and some (usually ones w/ just HS) have to be drilled out.

Hmm, I just noticed it said your BIOS was "ver 1008 beta 4", if it were me, I'd go back to ver 1006.

It doesn't look like that has a fan on it. It's just a heatsink. In order to get that off, you would have to drill the four pins out that are holding it on. It's not hard, but might not be something you wanna attempt if it's the only Slot1 CPU you have.

I'd roll the BIOS back and see it you still get the same problems.

[mari-c]

I upgraded the BIOS because of the problem, not the other way round.

As to the fan, yes these units have them. You are just looking at one side of the unit. I have attached a photo of my unit to my previous message, but it is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps pictures are first checked for security concerns(?).

I cropped the picture with Picture-it!

Thanks

MC

When you edit your post, look down at the bottom where it says to upload an different pic.

Either way, if your HSF is exactly like the one you already showed, you're gonna have to drill it to get it off.