Compaq and Dell's crappy cooling systems.

SePhErUm · 11-24-2002, 04:05 PM

Ever bought a Compaq? Dell? Hp? Gateway?
If so.. Ever cracked it open?
I cracked open my old 333mhz system. and it has the crappiest cooling system.. 2 fans.. 1 in ther power supply that doesn't move any air.. and one in the front that suppose to suck in air.. but doesn't due to compaq's crappy case design in the way.

Recently my Friends 1.8 ghz p4 dell hdd burned out.. I opened it up. and Found Only 2 fans also.. One Huge one.. that sucked air from the back and blew it on the processor.. and one in the power supply..

I wonder Why his HDD "Burned out".

Back to my compaq.
The cooling system is poor.. When i took off the case.. i touched the processor heatsink which is huge.. . Also Compaq is stupid on how the designed the mobo. The processor hangs over the Northbridge.. Which has No heatsink.. and get's really hot.
I have a Slot 1 chip.. With the big heatsink and all.. And instead of being Non paralell to the mobo.. it's lays right on top of it.
Which results in my chip getting too hot.. and slowing it self down. so it will stay at the highest tempeture without burning up the silicon.
Pics of my mobo, Video card, and ram, and hdd

SePhErUm · 11-24-2002, 04:07 PM

Mobo with chip in it

ikellen · 11-26-2002, 11:42 PM

Companies such as Dell, Compaq, Gateway, etc. advertise their machines and comps that will handle everything (internet, games, office apps, etc), but when they design them, they only think that people will run DOS games and notepad. My dad has a compaq, and we've put over 300 megs of ram into it, in hopes of speeding it up. As it turns out, Compaq's case designs limit airflow as much as possible, so half of that ram is probably fried from being too hot.

Wartorment · 06-23-2004, 03:04 PM

What's with the pics of the speakers and the guy with the surfboard or whatever?

archon45 · 06-23-2004, 03:26 PM

haha, my old compaq 350 was something like that. It had no fans intake, one outtake in the back (power supply), and a steel heatsink on the chip. It was horrible and I had no idea until I upgraded to P3 933 mhz.

Martin · 06-23-2004, 03:26 PM

*Looks at date stamp of the thread*

When another attachment with the exact same filename is uploaded, the 2nd attachment replaces the first.

Monster00 · 06-24-2004, 04:27 AM

my mom has a compaq. I opened up 1 day cause i was bored and i wanted to clean it out.. it had 1 90MM fan in there. Thats it.

knuckle50 · 06-24-2004, 12:15 PM

this is why u build computers rather than buy shity ones for twice the price

toxicity_27 · 06-24-2004, 02:02 PM

Yea, my HP (piece of crap) has two fans. One on the power supply and one on the huge heatsink. I can feel the heat on my case. Stupid HP.

Borgmeister · 06-26-2004, 01:00 PM

Oh man, i work in a large european computer retailer, iver seen some of the worst case desing and cheapskating ever. Have u ever heard of Emachines? If so, find a lowish end one, and open it up, now play a game of 'find the agp slot'

11-24-2002, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
SePhErUm Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 91	Compaq and Dell's crappy cooling systems. Ever bought a Compaq? Dell? Hp? Gateway? If so.. Ever cracked it open? I cracked open my old 333mhz system. and it has the crappiest cooling system.. 2 fans.. 1 in ther power supply that doesn't move any air.. and one in the front that suppose to suck in air.. but doesn't due to compaq's crappy case design in the way. Recently my Friends 1.8 ghz p4 dell hdd burned out.. I opened it up. and Found Only 2 fans also.. One Huge one.. that sucked air from the back and blew it on the processor.. and one in the power supply.. I wonder Why his HDD "Burned out". Back to my compaq. The cooling system is poor.. When i took off the case.. i touched the processor heatsink which is huge.. . Also Compaq is stupid on how the designed the mobo. The processor hangs over the Northbridge.. Which has No heatsink.. and get's really hot. I have a Slot 1 chip.. With the big heatsink and all.. And instead of being Non paralell to the mobo.. it's lays right on top of it. Which results in my chip getting too hot.. and slowing it self down. so it will stay at the highest tempeture without burning up the silicon. Pics of my mobo, Video card, and ram, and hdd Attached Images __________________ ---------------------------------------- Brandon Cook http://www.anarchy-industries.com Pentium II 333MHz 96 MB Ram Geforce 4 MX 440 2 SCSI 4GB Hdds\' anything else?

11-24-2002, 04:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
SePhErUm Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 91	Mobo with chip in it Attached Images __________________ ---------------------------------------- Brandon Cook http://www.anarchy-industries.com Pentium II 333MHz 96 MB Ram Geforce 4 MX 440 2 SCSI 4GB Hdds\' anything else?

06-23-2004, 03:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
archon45 Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 87	haha, my old compaq 350 was something like that. It had no fans intake, one outtake in the back (power supply), and a steel heatsink on the chip. It was horrible and I had no idea until I upgraded to P3 933 mhz. __________________ Current Computer Specs Athlon XP 2200+ (266 FSB) Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 1GB Corsair PC2700 C2 Pro Series (2x512) Thermaltake 11+ HSF Asus GeForce 4 Ti4600 128mb 420 Antec TruePower 4x Plextor DVDRW Soundblaster Live 5.1! 120gb Maxtor SATA 7200rpm 60gb Maxtor ATA/133 7200rpm Currently building a new one (ETA July/August)

06-23-2004, 03:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
Martin Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,423	Looks at date stamp of the thread When another attachment with the exact same filename is uploaded, the 2nd attachment replaces the first. __________________ Martin's Page of Stuff I judge you when you use poor grammar.

06-24-2004, 04:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
Monster00 Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 767	my mom has a compaq. I opened up 1 day cause i was bored and i wanted to clean it out.. it had 1 90MM fan in there. Thats it. __________________ Intel 2.8GHZ 800mhz FSB Western digital 120 GB HD Western digital 40 GB HD Asus P4p800s motherboard 1280MB of ram Xaser III Red and Blue case Antec 550 watt PSU BACK TO GOOD OLE CPU FANS(serious not kidding) ATI readon 9800xt 256 MB 8x DVD burner 52X cd burner

11-26-2002, 11:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
ikellen Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 90	Companies such as Dell, Compaq, Gateway, etc. advertise their machines and comps that will handle everything (internet, games, office apps, etc), but when they design them, they only think that people will run DOS games and notepad. My dad has a compaq, and we've put over 300 megs of ram into it, in hopes of speeding it up. As it turns out, Compaq's case designs limit airflow as much as possible, so half of that ram is probably fried from being too hot.

06-23-2004, 03:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wartorment Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 319	What's with the pics of the speakers and the guy with the surfboard or whatever?

06-24-2004, 12:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
knuckle50 Super Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 256	this is why u build computers rather than buy shity ones for twice the price __________________ Main System -Mach Speed X-Caliber PT800DBP Mobo (POS!!) -Pentium 4 3.0C at stock w/ SP-94 & YS Tech Fan -Thermaltake 420 Watt Power Supply -Kingston 512 MB Dual Channel PC3200 -512 MB Kingmax Hardcore PC4000 -GeForceFX 5200 128MB AGP Card \| Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS -WD Caviar SE 160GB HD 7200 RPM/8 MB/ATA-100 -Nec DVD Burner, 32x16x40 CD-RW, 8x4x12x DVD±RW Dell XPS T700r -PIII 700Mhz \| 20GB Maxtor \| 384 MB SDRAM \| NEC DVD-ROM \| 32MB NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model64

06-24-2004, 02:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
toxicity_27 Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 713	Yea, my HP (piece of crap) has two fans. One on the power supply and one on the huge heatsink. I can feel the heat on my case. Stupid HP. __________________

06-26-2004, 01:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
Borgmeister Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 54	Oh man, i work in a large european computer retailer, iver seen some of the worst case desing and cheapskating ever. Have u ever heard of Emachines? If so, find a lowish end one, and open it up, now play a game of 'find the agp slot' __________________ My \'Rig\' (how ghey does that sound? AMD Athlon 2500+ Mobile@ 2400Mhz 1024 Mb Corsair XMS 3200 DDR RAM(the stufff with the activity LEDs) ABIT Radeon 9550(water cooling accident) Jeantech Butterfly V2 Easy maintainence case Abit AN7 \"guru\" Motherboard 2x 160Gb Samsung SP160N HDD DVD-RW DVD-ROM Netgear 802.11g Wireless Network/Gigabit Ethernet. Mail me on Borgmeister(at)Gmail(dot).com for invites if you want!

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