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robar · Jan 27, 2008, 6:48 PM

we had 4, 3.2+ghz machines donated to us a week ago. 2 of them were pretty much toast.. 3 are great stable machines now but the 3.4 is giving me a lot of trouble. since i'll be tearing it apart this week i took a look under the hood. is this a heat sink or what?? just fooling around with the fa50 at f13 and onboard flash..

roy

ishino · Jan 27, 2008, 6:54 PM

we have got those in our dell's at work also. basically they are heat sinks w/heat pipes. lots of the dells from 3-5 years ago had a batch of bad capacitors on the motherboards. check to see if any are bulging or already leaking.

robar · Jan 27, 2008, 8:28 PM

thanks K,
that's what these are.. Dell's..
this one defies logic.. it's got to be mobo related.. when i start the machine the main fan will start gaining RPM but the d*** thing never stops. it gets faster and faster and faster............... i've got to turn it off to stop it... when i do get it to boot my diagnostic program says all is fine.. of course it does, nothing is wrong..

roy
oh, i've got it strapped to the floor to eliminate the chance of it going airborn:blah:

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robar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D/FW area Texas Posts: 7,590	we had 4, 3.2+ghz machines donated to us a week ago. 2 of them were pretty much toast.. 3 are great stable machines now but the 3.4 is giving me a lot of trouble. since i'll be tearing it apart this week i took a look under the hood. is this a heat sink or what?? just fooling around with the fa50 at f13 and onboard flash.. roy Attached Images

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Jan 27, 2008, 6:54 PM	#2
ishino Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 661	we have got those in our dell's at work also. basically they are heat sinks w/heat pipes. lots of the dells from 3-5 years ago had a batch of bad capacitors on the motherboards. check to see if any are bulging or already leaking.

Jan 27, 2008, 8:28 PM	#3
robar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D/FW area Texas Posts: 7,590	thanks K, that's what these are.. Dell's.. this one defies logic.. it's got to be mobo related.. when i start the machine the main fan will start gaining RPM but the d*** thing never stops. it gets faster and faster and faster............... i've got to turn it off to stop it... when i do get it to boot my diagnostic program says all is fine.. of course it does, nothing is wrong.. roy oh, i've got it strapped to the floor to eliminate the chance of it going airborn:blah: