Recent content by JoSeph Richard

Thanks, ewok93, I was thinking the same thing. I'll order a new CPU and maybe that'll fix it... In the meantime, the computer still works, but it's just slow....

Oh, by the way, I'm still running XP but I'm sure it has nothing to do with the problem I'm experiencing now.

Recently my wife's computer became very sluggish and finally just quit. So I checked it out and found out the plastic CPU retainer bracket that keeps the heat sink pressed firmly against the CPU had a broken leg. I removed the Heat sink to replace it and the retainer bracket, but while I was in...

7 months ago my old computer containing a SL6EU processor had gotten very slow and finally started locking up. I found the retainer bracket that holds the heat sink against the CPU had one broken leg and was no longer pressing the heat sink soundly against the CPU. I changed the bracket, cleaned...