P200/233MMX and CPU Fans

[exholt]

Just want you guys to confirm something here.

I opened up one of the aptivas which is a p200. It has a 1.5 inch tall heatsink on top of the CPU, but no fan. Am I missing something or shouldn't there be a CPU fan on top of that heat sink?

[Wayward Clam]

Around there is where the major brand name manufacturers stopped doing that, but I've seen dozens of boxes like that (some with truly ridiculous heat-sinks, looked like a chunk of aluminum siding).

However, chances are there was a case fan right beside the chip, right?

[exholt]

I don't remember seeing a fan next to the CPU on the case. I will have to confirm it when I go home though as I am currently at work.

[3fingersalute]

Wayward is right, probably either the case fan or the PSU fan are located VERY near to it......either way, anytime I get one of these machines in that the manufacturer feels does not need a CPU fan, I add one in immediately.......$7 to save a processor?...Well worth it!!!!!

[exholt]

Hey everyone,

Checked the machine.....there is a large fan a little below the CPU...and the darn case is designed in such a way that I cannot add a CPU fan <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

Those idiots placed the CPU w/heatsink right under a 3.5" bay... <IMG SRC="smilies/mad.gif" border="0">

Thanks for all your help....looks like IBM messed me up...but hey...the machines were free... <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

[sdrawkcab]

I popped open a Dell P2-400 the other day, no fan, just a heatsink riveted on, like most of them are. I unplugged the broken case fan, and added a fan to the CPU, and plugged it in in the place of the case fan. Only so much you can do with retail computers.

[http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum1/noncgi]

This is not uncommon. Lots of manufacturors (Compaq especially!) use a huge heatsink instead of a small heatsink + fan. I guess it saves a couple dollars, but if they sell hundreds of thousands of computers, that's a lot of money saved. The larger heatsink is also less vulnerable to overheating should there be a fan failure.

[Jauja]

Originally posted by Captain Packrat:
<STRONG>This is not uncommon. Lots of manufacturors (Compaq especially!) use a huge heatsink instead of a small heatsink + fan. I guess it saves a couple dollars, but if they sell hundreds of thousands of computers, that's a lot of money saved. The larger heatsink is also less vulnerable to overheating should there be a fan failure.</STRONG>

I AGREE WITH YA! Compaq never comes with Fans... only with a heatsink brick-size!
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[techleet]

That'd make a decent linux box.