Definately. Actually I probably need to get myself some thermal paste. *sigh* more I have to save up for.Originally Posted by cl_out
If you're going to go as far as removing the heatsink from the processor, make sure you have some thermal paste or similar to reapply before putting them back together
That is true. My freind had one motherboard(I don't think I ever managed to find the manufacture of it) that had some really wacky beep codes. It burnt out before I got to play with it overly much so I dunno if it was setable in bios of if the person who gave it to my freind knew some fancy tricks. Anyways it would play the beeps in rythems. Such as loose memory played something that resembled jingle bells(come on it only gots long and short beeps to play it with. but it was pretty cool :P).Unfortunately the pattern and number differs from BIOS to BIOS
And right before it cooked(something on the motherboard smooked and blackened) it, according to my freind, played something that errily resembled a dirge. However, since I wasn't there when that happened and by the time he got it to me it wouldn't even try to start back up, it could be that my freind was pulling my leg. Namely I wonder that cause the mobo when it got to me was in bad shape(stunk like smoke when the case was opened and the power supply when tested would fry anything connected to it); so I got to wonder how it had time to play anything.
But yeah from trying to trouble shoot my freinds question of "what does it mean if your computer plays jingle bells at you?" I have learned always to ask what the individual's beep codes are before coming to any conclusion :P.
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