[LUNI] slowing down CPU?

[Carey Tyler Schug]

Thanks for the ideas, I will keep them if I need them (new motherboard 
or completely new heat sink).

Actually I could get a new motherboard for my OLD computer, which I got 
off of because the onboard IDE failed. It was nice because it had more 
open bays. Also, I could work on that and if I screw up, still have the 
current one. Maybe I will proceed immediately. I may come back to the 
list to seek help on setting jumpers. Once many years ago I bought a MB 
planning to assemble a computer, but was confused by the jumper options 
and gave up.

When I went back inside my current computer, I realized that, although I 
had used the brace to hold down the broken corner of the heat sink, I 
had missed hooking the diagonally opposite side of the heat sink. Once I 
fixed that, it has been OK.

Now, my bracing is just plastic, so it will probably weaken over time, 
but now I know it will be worth the effort to get a sturdy piece of 
metal and cut it to the correct size in order to be more permanent.

--Carey