I think they were a clueless computer user so I just told them what the problem was and how we fixed it went over their head. But we laughed good with my colleague. Falling coolers were common on Intel boards at the time when the retention brackets ware hooked with push-pins. Note this is the factory installed bracket on the board that’s fallen. 😄 It’s not a poorly installed cooler.
Pretty sure it’s a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This has a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄
I think they were a clueless computer user so I just told them what the problem was and how we fixed it went over their head. But we laughed good with my colleague. Falling coolers were common on Intel boards at the time when the retention brackets ware hooked with push-pins. Note this is the factory installed bracket on the board that’s fallen. 😄 It’s not a poorly installed cooler.
What were they running, windows 95?
Lol, unlikely. Either XP or 7. Don’t recall exactly.
Nah it was 98 or ME. That thing is pre XP.
Pretty sure it’s a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This has a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄
So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so.