Ah, Crap....

[SNeaKyTiKi]

Alright i gotta problem....my system would randomly reboot every once in awhile, usually in hardcore FPS games like HL2, FEAR demo etc. Yeah it was really really dusty so i cleaned it out but when i was cleaning it out i saw that the system fan that was on the mainboard chipset is not even moving...it wouldnt even move when i sprayed the duster into it. So my question is, how hard is it to clean out one of these fans or should i just leave it alone. Its a Gigabyte 8IHXP i think, whatever one they used for the RAMBUS PC-1066. Thanks for the help.

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[SNeaKyTiKi]

how fun is this to install?

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[Clob]

A bit of thermal tape/glue will secure it!

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[mozzartusm]

Ever tried JB WELD?

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[Crashman]

JB Weld would work perfectly, so long as he made sure the sink was large enough, and he did a clean job of applying it.

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[SNeaKyTiKi]

Alright so i just order the heatsink, that Swifttech heatsink right and then use JB Weld. Ive used AS3 before but ive never replaced a heatsink before....whats the best way to get the gunk of the chipset. I dont even know if its overheating at all, it hasnt rebooted since i cleaned all the dust out of the thing. The case temp isnt that high and the CPU temp is staying pretty low for how hot it is in my room.

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[Crashman]

JB Weld can be used in place of Thermal Epoxy, but if you are buying a heatsink that clips on, you're better off to use something that's not permanent. If I had a board that old, I'd use something free out of my junk pile, like a Pentium 1 heatsink, and glue it on. But you might want to use a better alternative, by buying a clip on sink.

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