Recent content by hungryhorace

I'm trying to make an old PC run quietly. The problem is the CPU fan, which I'd like to replace (I've tried and failed to mend it). Does anybody know where I can get an ordinary CPU fan to fit onto a Pentium 2 466Mhz ordinary heatsink? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks very much for the tips - processor successfully removed and reinstalled!!! :-) Not as easy as I thought it would be though ;-)

I just bought a new motherboard, and I want to take the CPU out of my old motherboard. I know this should be easy, but I don't want to risk damaging my CPU through trial and error. Unfortunately, the cowboys who built my original PC didn't send me any documentation about the XP1600+ CPU, so I...

Sorry for wasting your time - I just found out the answer to my own question - which is, some do, some don't.

Cheers for all the URL's - with this many shops, I can be pretty sure I'm getting the best products/prices available!

Do DDR266 motherboards (such as the Asus A7V266-E) allow you to use simple PC133 SDRAM? Only I have 512Meg of SDRAM and not enough money to replace it (yet).

Overclockers - excellent selection, thanks for the tip. You're right, perhaps its time I took a skiing holiday ;-)

Thanks - Insight has a good selection of mobos at reasonable prices.

I've tried ebuyer.com, aria.co.uk and dabs.com - any other suggestions would be warmly welcomed!