I may have read wrong further into the thread, but please don't take the heatsink off of your processor. Unless you have some thermal paste laying around you can put back on the processor to get good contact/heat transfer back to the heatsink/fan. Everything else, A-OK. It shouldn't be a HUGE noticable difference in performance, unless like someone said, your BIOS is set to throttle your processor due to temperature limits. It WILL though, help keep the temp cooler, stuff running longer, and overall, just not look repulsive the next time you try to upgrade a part. Every month or so is good to take it outside, blast some air into it, and then bring it back inside. Another good tip in this thread I saw, use Bounce/ dryer sheets over the vents to let air in, but keep dust out.
Miguel is right, do not remove the heatsink....I was saying there is a plastic cover over the heatsink on a lot of computers and that it is ok to lift that up to clean out the heatsink grooves. DD
Although if you are a computer genius, heatsink removal is fairly straightforward. Agreed though, dust is pretty much the cause of overheating (and possibly the cause of fans not turning if you have too god damn much of the stuff lol). Routine maintenance saves a lot of trouble and temperature issues when blowing dust out.
While it is pretty straightforward, it's just not a good idea. Pressing down too hard, not aligning it properly, pretty much anything that can cause the heatsink to not make good contact with the CPU, can be a big problem later. (ie: roasted processor )
Lol, quite true. Do you work in the tech field miguel or just have a solid grasp of comps? I'm always looking for someone to send 80 questions too when I'm working on a comp .
Man, I couldn't get the thing open. Have an old Dell Dimension 3000 I wanted to clean out, and the side panel will NOT slide off. It's like it's stuck on there.
That's exactly what I have. On the back, there is an "L" shaped protrusion. Press down on that and pull back on the panel. A ram upgrade will do wonders!!!
184 pin? Send some to MadMax. I think the Dimension 3000 run 256 or 512k of ram. I beleive mine was running 256. The 1 gb upgrade did wonders. Come to think of it, my son's have the same computer and could use some ram. If you find some, I'd be happy to take it off of your hands.
Alright, I'll take a look. DDR 3200 correct? If I still have them laying around i know I have some 256, 512, and a 1gb stick somewhere. I threw a lot of my old crap away when I moved. I'll take a look at lunch.
There is nothing attached to the panel so you can probably be a little forceful with it. The 184 pin DDR is a RAM memory chip. My comp was slow as heck loading internet pages and programs. With the 1 gb upgrade, it is much faster. Much cheaper than buying a new PC. Yes, DDR 3200. That is really cool of you. My sons computer is very slow as well and I need to speed it up. I'm sure Max will appreciate it as well.
So, late update I know, but scooshing didn't work. It still sounds like a leafblower half the time. It's not as bad, but it's still lightyears away from being as quiet as I'd like. I opened it up and scooshed every nook and cranny. Perhaps I somehow missed the most important area? I didn't think this is difficult, but I'm not a computer guy and maybe I did miss an area. Ah well. I'll just get another computer as soon as possible. Thanks for the help though Dakota.
Sheer comedy. You missed the corner where the flux capacitor is located... make sure you blow hard (that's what he said) over that... your system will FLY!
