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I'm working on an older Dell box with overheating problems. The issue is clearly with the north bridge, however this system is insanely clean, no dust or dirt, etc. I re-seated the heat sink and put new thermal compound down. It made zero difference.
I'm questioning what I should do next. My stubborn thought process doesn't want to add any fans or new gear to it since it came from the factory and ran for years without issue. However, I'm clueless on why else it would be doing this. Everything else of the system looks great. The capacitors on the board look solid, no signs of issues, etc.
Perhaps I should just take the dive into getting a heat sink with a mini fan mounted and be done with it?
The only thing is I'm seeing with some of these fan-mounted heat sinks is their mounting bracket doesn't appear like it would mesh up with the one on this Dell board. Perhaps the adhesive type of thermal compound is in order in this situation.
I'm questioning what I should do next. My stubborn thought process doesn't want to add any fans or new gear to it since it came from the factory and ran for years without issue. However, I'm clueless on why else it would be doing this. Everything else of the system looks great. The capacitors on the board look solid, no signs of issues, etc.
Perhaps I should just take the dive into getting a heat sink with a mini fan mounted and be done with it?
The only thing is I'm seeing with some of these fan-mounted heat sinks is their mounting bracket doesn't appear like it would mesh up with the one on this Dell board. Perhaps the adhesive type of thermal compound is in order in this situation.