[Noisebridge-discuss] To hack or to punt? Trying to revive my Quad-core server.

[Zach .]

Firs off, I would proceed with caution on this and with the help of other skilled people at NB since you are talking about some expensive equipment here...

This sounds most undoubtedly like a BIOS issue.  A reflash could solve your problem outright.  but there's a lot of diagnostic work you can do before going to remove the quad core CPU.  Once you start messing with that you could set yourself up for a large pain getting the right greese and all that for proper heatsinking...

Have you checked the power supply?  Thats the other thing that sounds highly possible.  Also clearning CMOS.  Seriously, take it by NB and have some knowledgeable people take a look at it before you start hacking away on a nice computer like that.  my two cents anyway.

good luck,
Zach

--- On Thu, 3/17/11, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] To hack or to punt? Trying to revive my Quad-core server.
To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 2:41 AM



On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Ken Adler <ken.adler at gmail.com> wrote:



> I found this howto upgrade the chip.... my question is how critical is

> putting the thermal paste between the CPU cover and heatsink?   don't have

> any "thermal paste" around the house and am sort of getting the immediate

> gratification thing going on  :-)

Its important to put (enough and ) not too much. If there is / are raised part(s) in the middle of the cpu chip with grooves around you don't want it running into the grooves (actually I guess they are there to catch spill but ...) it can conduct across which will make it non functional. some people say put it on and wipe it off -- you just need a very very thin layer of it, just on the central parts. Even if there are no such grooves the point is it is not supposed to contact anything other than the metal parts which contact the heat sink or ooze out anywhere.


Also to use the heatsink that goes with the cpu and fan if any. Checking the fan power rating if it is higher compare the power supplies also. The graphics cards can draw a lot too if they have fans especially so if uncertain leave that out to start.


 





Would not recommend leaving it out: it's absolutely there for a

reason, and you risk frying your chips otherwise.

I've seen several tubes on the electronics shelves.

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