1 |
Dale wrote: |
2 |
> Howdy, |
3 |
> |
4 |
> I mentioned in other threads that I'm doing some upgrades to my system. |
5 |
> My first question is about a CPU upgrade. |
6 |
|
7 |
SNIP |
8 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
Here's a update. I swapped out the CPU. While I had the CPU cooler |
11 |
off, I gave it a good bath. It wasn't to bad for being in there for 7 |
12 |
or 8 years but it needed some cleaning. I cleaned off the base part and |
13 |
dunked it some hot soapy water. After soaking a bit, I took a brush and |
14 |
cleaned off the part where the air enters. I got it pretty clean. |
15 |
|
16 |
I also replaced the 120MM fan for the CPU cooler. When I did my last |
17 |
shutdown, it needed some help getting going again. Once it got started, |
18 |
it did fine but it didn't like that cold start. I figure the bearings |
19 |
are going out or something. I did force some oil on the bearing which |
20 |
helped some. Given its age, it needed to be replaced. I also put a |
21 |
screen on the fan to help make it cleaner. I'll clean it ever so often. |
22 |
|
23 |
The biggest surprise I had, a bad ethernet cable. When I got booted up, |
24 |
I couldn't get the network to work. I couldn't get to the router or |
25 |
modem. Odd thing is, I could ping google but it was slow. Browsers |
26 |
wouldn't do anything tho. Finally I put a known good cable between the |
27 |
puter and the router and it started working. I guess when I unplugged |
28 |
all the cables, that one must have went out. |
29 |
|
30 |
While trying to diagnose that, I pulled the SATA card I had put in. I |
31 |
thought maybe there was a conflict of some sort messing up the network |
32 |
card. I'll shutdown and put that back in. I don't have any drives |
33 |
plugged into it yet. I ran into another issue. I'm out of SATA power |
34 |
plugs. I thought I had another string of cables but turned out, I |
35 |
don't, or I can't find them. They should be in the power supply box |
36 |
with all the other cables. I did find a cable already in there for the |
37 |
new video card. |
38 |
|
39 |
While I haven't measured anything, it does seem a little faster. I |
40 |
figure compiling will be the biggest time I'll see a difference. Gkrellm |
41 |
gave me a bit of a surprise tho. It showed all the cores and it ran off |
42 |
the bottom of the screen a good bit. It seems to have reset gkrellm |
43 |
too. I had my fans and such labeled but they got lost somewhere. I'll |
44 |
have to figure out which ones are what again. |
45 |
|
46 |
Now to recompile everything with the new settings for the CPU. |
47 |
|
48 |
Thanks to all. It went pretty well, other than the ethernet cable. |
49 |
|
50 |
Dale |
51 |
|
52 |
:-) :-) :-) :-) |