Re: SunFire v240 hardware question
[email protected] (Volker A. Brandt)
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Hi Chris! > SC Alert: CPU_FAN @ MB.P1.F0.RS has FAILED. > > which I know means one of the [two] heatsink/fan units has a > failed fan. I'm using this list to reach people who may well > understand the problem, and the solutions, and I have two questions. > > (1) Is this a problem? I mean, if I'm not going to be pushing > this machine hard, do I need to worry about it? Yes. The CPU will die. It is running too hot to work without any CPU cooling for any length of time. > (2) How > _hard_ is it to replace said fan? Anyone done it? It is easy. If you want to do it properly, you need to remove all the dried-up thermal grease on the CPU and apply some fresh thermal paste before you put the new fan unit on. Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: [email protected] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead"