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The CPU fan of my Main (I have 3) computer, taken when replacing a hard drive, seen after 3 years of (almost) 24/7 service. The green "hose" on the right is a power connection: (my power supply has these bundled in UV reactive nylon) in this case, the "aux 12V" power connection. Taken by a Nikon D40x with an 18-55mm Nikkor non-VR kit lens. (at 52) Camera's on-board flash fired.
Neglected because of the dust accumulation... Needless to say, but after I took the picture, I blew out the dust!
This is an AMD stock heat sink/fan combo - still working well...
(update, 4/2012: this fan/heatsink combo worked well until I replaced the motherboard in that computer: the m/b may be installed in another case, at some point, since it still has the memory aboard. (all it needs: case, p/s, HD, optical drive, and an OS...)
Intel Pentium G3220 dual-core CPU, Asus H87-Pro motherboard, and 8GB of Kingston HyperX RAM. A snappy lower-cost combination.
Once the motherboard is screwed into the case, the next step was connecting the various power cables from the power supply to the case fans, motherboard, and harddrive, as well as the cables built into the case for the power button, PC speaker, USB, etc. There was a little bit of trial and error, as some fans had different types of connectors. In the old days, fans were only ever hooked up to the power supply, but nowadays, the motherboard runs some fans as well (so they can be turned down when not neeed, saving electricity). But some fans would not turn when hooked up this way. Ultimately I found the right combination.
BACKSTORY: So, as mentioned before (in a 10-part series of blog posts), my trusty computer of 9 years, "Storm", died a nasty death. My secondary/kitchen computer "Hell" stepped up to bat and took Storm's place, but I still needed a new computer for our somewhat newly-built upstairs space. So I built Hades, during which I wrote another 5 blog posts. These are the pictures I took while building it.
building computer.
Abit IP35 Pro motherboard, Intel Core2Duo E6750 CPU, OCZ 800mHz PC6400 DDR2 Dual Channel RAM, OCZ GameXStream 600W power supply, Thermaltake computer case, fan, wires.
Hades. diptych.
Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
October 6, 2007.
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A run-down of all parts in my new computer, with links to buy them, can be found here: clintjcl.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/journal-hardware-purcha...
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Rolling CPU pullout tray.
Corian Glacier White and Grape Green.
Design by Philips Medical Systems
Fabrication by Sterling Surfaces
Photo by www.baumgartfoto.com
From an era when circuit boards included DIP packages, 7400 series logic and helpful labels identifying the function of every IC.
The CPU was not connecting properly and the computer kept turning off. This it, with the heatsink and fan on top.