- May 9, 2014
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7 months ago my old computer containing a SL6EU processor had gotten very slow and finally started locking up. I found the retainer bracket that holds the heat sink against the CPU had one broken leg and was no longer pressing the heat sink soundly against the CPU. I changed the bracket, cleaned the surface of the CPU and the heat sink, added a good grade of cooling paste and put it all back together.
It worked fine for about 6 months then it started slowing down again. Upon inspection, I found the same problem as before, the retainer bracket had broken one of the legs. Here's the rub......
I removed the broken bracket and the heat sink, but while I was away from the computer, my wife came in and turned the computer on while the heat sink was no longer adjoined to the CPU. It knocked out the 450watt power supply. I'm assuming it was because of the instant overheating of the CPU. Anyway, I ordered a new power supply, new bracket, and a new heat sink complete with new fan. I cleaned all the old paste off the CPU, replaced it with a good grade cooling paste and put it all back together and it's working again, but it has slowed down considerably. My question is: Could the CPU be damaged and causing the slow down or could it be the hard drive? I've never ran into this problem so it's a bit disconcerting to me. Everything works but it's just really slow about doing everything, including any online activity. It restarts, but it does so much slower than it used to.
I ran the Disc cleaner, CCleaner, defragged the hard drive and I'm in the process of running Windows Defender, looking for a possible virus.
Here's some info about my computer:
OS: Windows XP
2 harddrives, neither one is SATA. Both have ample space available.
It's an Intel Pentium4 processor -- 2.40 GHZ/512/533/1.5V (SL6EU)
It worked fine for about 6 months then it started slowing down again. Upon inspection, I found the same problem as before, the retainer bracket had broken one of the legs. Here's the rub......
I removed the broken bracket and the heat sink, but while I was away from the computer, my wife came in and turned the computer on while the heat sink was no longer adjoined to the CPU. It knocked out the 450watt power supply. I'm assuming it was because of the instant overheating of the CPU. Anyway, I ordered a new power supply, new bracket, and a new heat sink complete with new fan. I cleaned all the old paste off the CPU, replaced it with a good grade cooling paste and put it all back together and it's working again, but it has slowed down considerably. My question is: Could the CPU be damaged and causing the slow down or could it be the hard drive? I've never ran into this problem so it's a bit disconcerting to me. Everything works but it's just really slow about doing everything, including any online activity. It restarts, but it does so much slower than it used to.
I ran the Disc cleaner, CCleaner, defragged the hard drive and I'm in the process of running Windows Defender, looking for a possible virus.
Here's some info about my computer:
OS: Windows XP
2 harddrives, neither one is SATA. Both have ample space available.
It's an Intel Pentium4 processor -- 2.40 GHZ/512/533/1.5V (SL6EU)
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