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Originally Posted by pholy
With a little//////lot of luck you may be able to save the CPU, too. Many modern chips have thermal shut-offs... Can you replace the fan?
Wait a sec! What broke? Fans don't normally fall off; their bearings fail. Mind you, I do my own work and I don't pay myself for my labour  |
We are pulling a fan off an old motherboard to replace it. I am not sure, but I think the CPU will be OK.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'd like to know how that was possible. CPU fan assemblies in most systems are rather carefully designed to not fall off, unless they haven't been properly attached to begin with. On the motherboard on my desktop, there's a socket the CPU plugs into, with a latch to lock it in, then the fan assembly covers it, with expanding posts that fit through holes in the motherboard and expand to lock once fully inserted. (Of course, they have to be fully inserted, which can be a pain to do.)
The prior motherboard I used had temperature sensors on the mobo, and if the CPU overheated, the entire machine would be halted to preserve it. I found out about that feature when mine did: enough dust and cat hair had accumulated inside the case to jam the fan and stop it from rotating. It was nothing can of canned air couldn't cure, but it was the first time I'd had to.
Meanwhile, the CPU overheating shouldn't zap your hard drive. Worst case, you might need to run CHKDSK as a precaution to repair any file system damage caused by an improper shutdown. Your CPU might even be okay, once the fan assembly is properly re-attached or replaced.
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Dennis
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The plastic assembly holding the fan to the CPU must have broken. I just went out to take a photo, but bloke has taken the housing away to find a replacement. The photo attached shows the naked CPU. The box is usually standing up, so when the housing broke, the fan fell over.
We have never had this happen before, the side is permanently off the computer, so not too much dust and cat fur can accumulate.
Fingers crossed everything will survive.
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Originally Posted by nohmi2
Go SneakySnake Go!!!!!
There feel better now?
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