Must keep the fan cool!
It was long ago but I was this dumbass. I kept reading online people said a fan was optional and didn’t understand they meant a case fan not a CPU fan so I built everything and couldnt figure out why it wouldn’t turn on. Realized fairly quickly and bought one and everything worked after that
Technically, a CPU fan is also optional but you need to provide some other cooling (water pump?) or accept massive throttling.
There’s the problem, his BTX system is missing its airflow diverter!
It’s also backwards
Good catch! I haven’t messed with one of those systems since the P4 era, i had two that were the only systems I scrapped before they died, they were just that mix of indestructible, dog slow, and with absolutely no upgrade path whatsoever
Which is quite a shame, really. I had a BTX Dell, which had amazing potential to be upgraded, since nearly everything was just spring latches, and could be slid open quite easily. You could install and swap most parts without a screwdriver.
The potential to upgrade it was there, and then it just never materialised, so the entire thing ended up basically being useless.
I still have a few Dell models in my “weird/old/sentimental” hardware collection.
It legitimately took me a second for my brain to un-break itself when I looked at the photo. First thinking…something’s not right here…and not for even a moment thinking it would be something as stupid as putting the heat-sink on the case fan… Then the realisation that yes…it really is something that stupid.
In the old days, before laptops, we used to call the case and everything in it the CPU. You had your monitor, keyboard, mouse, maybe printer, maybe modem, and they would all plug into the “CPU.” Yes, we knew there was also a chip inside called that but we didn’t get all pedantic about it.
With that in mind: Place the CPU fan on the heat sink… That’s exactly what they did.
That “we” isn’t global. Some called it “the CPU”, some called it “the hard drive”, some made fun of those two groups for not knowing what they were talking about.
Oh, yes, I forgot it was also the hard drive! Now that I think about it, I’m not sure the proper name. Today I’d just call it the tower, but I’m not sure what the square ones that sat with the monitor on top would be called.
I think those are where the name “desktop” comes from, though that term now refers to other computer things.
I refer to them as “tower”, “case” (which is technically just the shell and frame, but can include the contents), “computer”, or “machine”.
tower is fine, but I think what you mean is the desktop PC. and the little square ones are the mini PCs
And then came the iMac, and all the phone calls from Mac users trying use a PC and only hitting the monitor power button…
omfg, i caught the cpu was missing the heat sink, but completely spaced it being on the back exhaust.
I must be stupid then because I’ve legitimately had that idea to put a fan on the radiator looking thing to maximize the precision of the cooling. Cooling the thing that gets hot
As in, the CPU fan right on the heat sink? Yeah, that’s a pretty standard setup. I’ve got it on mine. The CPU came with that cooler combo.
The key is to actually put that cooler on the CPU, not the chassis.
Ah I see. That IS a DUH moment
They’re just too advanced for us, they already have “wireless” cooling technology.
I love that they had the heatsink and fan, they just didnt know where it went and actually mounted it to the case. It wasnt just that they didnt have one.
I’m sort of surprised it fit on the 120mm fan slot. Maybe they just forced screws through the grill though.
Oh shit I noticed the exposed CPU but totally missed that part.
Stop trolling. No one knows why without a full diagnostic.
Ah a mainboard with a dust protection-layer.
Just needs to drop the voltage and the clock down to 500Mhz and then no heatsink required.
Eons ago, I had a guy bring me a non functioning Compaq desktop and say, “Wull the fan was makin’ a lotta racket so I greased it.”
What he actually meant was, “I sprayed the entire motherboard with WD-40 because I don’t know shit about computers OR lubricants.”
I gave it a bath in electronics cleaner and it actually fired right up after that.
Tell them to switch to water cooling. You will get an even more awesome picture.
Wireless cooler
When you use ChatGPT for building instructions…
Wifi cooling!
I once installed Windows on a Pentium 3 without cooler - not on purpose though - and it worked!
Well, installing the OS was on purpose, the CPU being without cooler not so much.
Apparently modern CPUs are snow flakes 🤓Apparently modern CPUs are snow flakes 🤓
I think you’re confused about how heatsinks work.
For reference: modern CPUs are a lot of hot air. 😁
I beg to differ. I’m fairly sure I’ve heard about meltdown on modern CPUs.
Are you really sure they aren’t snowflakes?
