Posts by fysiologist

As a note to everyone who owns a 4XXX model. You don't have to remove the heat sink to clean it. My heatsink was so firmly attached to the processor that I decided to take other measures to clean it. All you need is a flashlight, a...

As a note to everyone who owns a 4XXX model. You don't have to remove the heat sink to clean it. My heatsink was so firmly attached to the processor that I decided to take other measures to clean it. All you need is a flashlight, a...

I followed the instructions from a number of threads about cleaning the heat sink on a 4060. (Remove screws 1,2,3, and 4 and then lift out the heat sink.) Unfortunately, the heat sink wont budge after I remove the 4 screws. Where should...

Never mind. The ram was bunk. Newegg is replacing it.

I just got new ram for my ~3 year old 4060. I had 1 512MB stick, and added another 512 (Corsair with all of the appropriate specs as far as I can tell-I called Sager tech support to confirm.). Unfortunately, if I put both sticks in, the...

Thanks. I am shutting of the computer now to let the heat sink cool enough to touch.

Yes, it's set for portable/laptop. Let me emphasize that this is not a normal heating issue for a Sager or P4 system. It just started happening recently, and it took a while to get to the point where the fan won't turn off. Has...

By way of detail, I have a 2.8Ghz P4 processor, 512 MB DDR333 (PC2700) RAM, and ATI radeon 9000 graphics card.

Yep. It has never run this hot before though.

I have had my 4060 for almost 3 years. Until recently the fan would run intermitently as I used the computer. Now it just runs constantly, and the area around the processor is super hot. The fan turns on within 1 minute of turning the...