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First off, let me totally apologize if I'm off base here. The computer
I'm working on is a Compaq, but I can't find a Compaq-specific
newsgroup, and everything seems identical to an HP machine I've got.
I'm guessing that they're the same thing with a different company
name, but if I'm wrong, please forgive me and feel free to point me to
the right NG.
Anyway, I'm working on what I think is a CM0204 (this is the closest
thing to a model number I could find). The mobo seems to be made by
Gigabyte. The CPU has a black heat sink, and even though I've removed
the retaining clip, the heat sink simply isn't coming off! On my HP,
once I removed the clip the heat sink just fell right off.
The CPU is surrounded on all sides by capacitors except for one, and
I've tried sliding it that way with no result. I've also tried pulling
on it pretty firmly, also with no result. I'm hesitant to pry on it
with anything, of course, but I can't see anything holding the darn
thing in!
Any thoughts?
TIA,
Mike
PS, although I've always thought it rare for a CPU to go bad, I have
two friends with similar machines that seem to have had their CPU go
out at the same time. One is an HP XT983, the other is this Compaq I'm
talking about. Was there an epidemic of bad CPU's in this machines or
something?
First off, let me totally apologize if I'm off base here. The computer
I'm working on is a Compaq, but I can't find a Compaq-specific
newsgroup, and everything seems identical to an HP machine I've got.
I'm guessing that they're the same thing with a different company
name, but if I'm wrong, please forgive me and feel free to point me to
the right NG.
Anyway, I'm working on what I think is a CM0204 (this is the closest
thing to a model number I could find). The mobo seems to be made by
Gigabyte. The CPU has a black heat sink, and even though I've removed
the retaining clip, the heat sink simply isn't coming off! On my HP,
once I removed the clip the heat sink just fell right off.
The CPU is surrounded on all sides by capacitors except for one, and
I've tried sliding it that way with no result. I've also tried pulling
on it pretty firmly, also with no result. I'm hesitant to pry on it
with anything, of course, but I can't see anything holding the darn
thing in!
Any thoughts?
TIA,
Mike
PS, although I've always thought it rare for a CPU to go bad, I have
two friends with similar machines that seem to have had their CPU go
out at the same time. One is an HP XT983, the other is this Compaq I'm
talking about. Was there an epidemic of bad CPU's in this machines or
something?