Hello! I have not played with the computer you have, but I do have some tips that may help. Normally when a computer manufacture places a higher component in a series of computers, they have sometimes have to adjust things like the BIOS, add a faster (not necessarily a bigger) fan, and maybe even a different heat sink. If i were in your shoes, what i would do is see if you can find parts (heatsink and fan) for the GX270 or 80 and see if they will fit (finding the demensions and so on). If the boxes for the 260-280 are the same, you shouldn't have any problems putting the heat sink in the lower end system. Dell normally sells parts for their computer line but you can also google.com the GX270/80 for parts as well, and make sure your BIOS is up to date as that is normally the first thing they would change to make your system compatable with newer or faster processors (and could be the reason why you have crashes?).
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September 27th, 2009 16:00
Hello! I have not played with the computer you have, but I do have some tips that may help. Normally when a computer manufacture places a higher component in a series of computers, they have sometimes have to adjust things like the BIOS, add a faster (not necessarily a bigger) fan, and maybe even a different heat sink. If i were in your shoes, what i would do is see if you can find parts (heatsink and fan) for the GX270 or 80 and see if they will fit (finding the demensions and so on). If the boxes for the 260-280 are the same, you shouldn't have any problems putting the heat sink in the lower end system. Dell normally sells parts for their computer line but you can also google.com the GX270/80 for parts as well, and make sure your BIOS is up to date as that is normally the first thing they would change to make your system compatable with newer or faster processors (and could be the reason why you have crashes?).