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duh12345   02-05-2012 at 06:25:30 AM

I have an old IBM Pentium 4 computer from my college and we took it apart and took the cpu/heat sink out of it now the video doesn't work. any suggestions on what caused it or how i can fix it without buying anything expensive?

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alyoshka   02-05-2012 at 06:42:35 AM

Well, what did you put in place of the old CPU and heatsink?

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duh12345   02-05-2012 at 06:46:27 AM

the same ones... i didnt have any more laying around.

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alyoshka   02-05-2012 at 07:20:30 AM

Did you reapply the thermal paste that covers the processor between the Heat sink and the CPU surface? or did you use a thermal pad there?

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amuffin   02-05-2012 at 08:07:08 AM

Thermal paste is needed.

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