OptiPlex GX260thermal paste replace - Dell OptiPlex GX260 PC Desktop

from where are you trying to copy and where are you trying to paste?

Please see the solution I posted to your other question.

A) FOLLOWING Anti-Static Procedures;

1) Clean the inside of the computer out

2) Replace the Thermal Paste on the Processor (CPU)

THOROUGHLY clean top of CPU (Processor), and bottom of Heatsink.

PROPERLY apply fresh, new Thermal Paste.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/274

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3071621&CatId=503

http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/Product/optiplex-gx620

Click on the blue ->
Dell Optiplex GX620 System User's Guide (5990KB)

Using Mini Tower Computer as an example;

In the list click on;

1) Removing the Computer Cover

2) Processor

For additional questions please post in a Comment.
Regards,
joecoolvette

1) Tell them to be quiet. The kids are sleeping.

2) Promise them a nice quiet vacation in the Bahamas, if they will just be quiet for now.

3) In a firm voice tell them that they CAN be replaced.

OR,
1) Suggest you replace the Thermal Paste on the Processor.
It has dried out.

2) Also clean the inside of the computer out. Suggest it is dirty inside.

(Wuz trying to just be funny................Alan?....................Alan?)


The top of a Processor (CPU), and the bottom of the fined Heatsink that sits on it; are not perfectly smooth.
A magnified view would detail, 'Ridges, Valleys, and Pitholes'.

When the two parts are mated together, Air Pockets are created.

Air is an Insulator in this case, Not a Conductor.
Thermal Paste fills the above imperfections, and is an Excellent conductor of heat.

Thermal Paste dries up over time. Looses it's thermal conductivity properties.

It's cheap in cost.

Can guide you step by step in replacing the Thermal Paste, and also cleaning out the inside of the computer.

Post back in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

A) Dell Optiplex SX280 User's Guide (1668KB)

http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/Product/optiplex-sx280

[How to open the computer case - Adding and Removing Parts > Removing the Computer Cover.

Adding and Removing Parts > Processor

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-sx280_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf ]

B) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3071621&CatId=503

C) http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/274

The Thermal Paste in-between the Processor, and finned Heatsink that sits on it; has dried up.

THOROUGHLY clean top of Processor, and bottom of Heatsink.
PROPERLY apply fresh, new Thermal Paste.

FOLLOW Anti-Static Procedures.

(Not 'shouting', emphasizing)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3071621&CatId=503

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/274

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx280_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf


Click on the style of Optiplex GX280 that you have. In the list click on Processor.

FOLLOW Anti-Static Procedures.

Yes, I listed that twice.

Regards,
joecoolvette

This is a motherboard problem, if the video Graphics Card is a plug in remove it and test as you go, unplug hard drive, and any other hardware, if at the end of it no change, motherboard will more than likely need to be replaced.

Go to Dell.com and download factory drivers for your machine there under support and drivers section. This is the best way to go about it. I have owned one of these in the past and this is what I did with it. John

remove the cover of the computer remove the memory from the slot and wipe *** clean with a dry cloth insert them back into the slot andrestart your computer if not weorking remove the cpu fan and the prcessor from the socket replace the processor in the socket wipe clean the processor and the cpu fan paste a thin layer of heatsink solvent and replace the cpu fan to processes and fix it tightly and restart the computer

if you cannot get into BIOS or boot menu, there's definately a system board issue. as far as i can interprete my findings on the internet i would say the PS2 controller is broken.

you may want to try with other memory modules, but i'm quite sure it's the system board

There was problem at one time with IOGear KVMs not working correctly with the USB chipset on the Dell motherboards. This problem was resolved by using a USB hub between the KVM cable and the computer. The user could take the USB portion of the KVM cable and plug it into a USB hub and then take the USB hub and plug it into the Dell computer. That should help with the problem.