Sorry all I can remember now is, it is Intel (not sure dual or quad) with 16G RAM. Trying to fix this after a year and used as a spare, so can't remember.
I can find out tomorrow, if needed.
@ John Chesterfield
Thank you. Fan is firmly attached to the cooler, no issues there. As you said, it is the latch type attachment that is not tight enough to hold the cooler firm with CPU. Makes sense, old style style retention clip has lost its rigidness so will look to get a new one.
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Hi Avro Arrow,
Thanks for the reply. It happened all of a sudden. The noticeable difference from the previous time I opened the case (to fit a PCI NIC) and now is that the fan is very wobbly.
What I am unsure is if the cooler needs to pretty much fixed in its place or allowed some movement.
Am...
To add, even if clean, apply new thermal paste and put the cooler back, it is still going to move from side to side as hinges doesn't make the cooler tight to the CPU.
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My PC keeps freezing and restarting at random intervals. Most of the time, doesn't even get to the bootup screen, at this time, can clearly hear the CPU/Fan is not making the usual noise when trying to startup. Power off and power on sometimes makes a noise that CPU/fan is starting, gets to...
Hello,
Got a thin client with 8GB MSATA storage, trying to install Sophos XG firewall software but HDD is not recognized. I also need a bigger storage capacity.
Have a few old 2.5" HDD, connectors/pins look identical so removed the MSATA HDD and 2.5" drive slots in fine, but due to the size of...
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Mistakenly bought an x4 lane quad-port NIC to add to a thin client but only after opening the case, I realized the slot on the mobo appears to be x1 lane. so I am left with a x1 lane slot but have a x4 lane card that doesn't fit.
Can anyone suggest what options I have here please? there...
Thanks for the reply vov4ik_il, it all makes sense now. I do have 3 HDD in addition to the main SSD, so may try removing the HDD and see how much difference it makes. But understood that CPU makes a big difference.