The Fitsui Computer

This computer was overheating very soon after start up. The graphics would become distorted and the computer would nolonger send images to the monitor and have to have a forced shut down.

So it was decided to open the computer up and have a look inside. The computer was quite dusty, however it had been sprayed out with compressed air regually and so there was not as much dust as might otherwise have been the case.

I decided to take the heatsink off the processor, as this had never been removed and I thought that there might be a lot of dust in there.

There was.

But .....

I forgot to try and twist the heatsink off the processor before pulling it out and the whole asembly came away in one.

I then compounded my errors by trying to replace the processor into its correct position while still attached to the heat sink. This made it impossible to reach the locking leaver system for the processor.

I then put the computer back together and tested it.... it nolonger worked.