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Re: [off-topic] CPU fan (for a Linux machine)
Mad overclockers arround the world have invented all kinds of ingenious
devices to cool down their CPUs. Here are some examples. Try them at your
own risk ;-)
1. Water cooler: http://www.agaweb.com/coolcpu/. Nothing better than good
old H2O.
2. Mineral oil: http://www.accsdata.com/drffreeze/Test3.htm. This guy
submerged his entire motherboard in mineral oil!
3. Hangin' mobo: someone actually hanged his mother board from the ceiling
(sorry, can't find the URL now)
Or better yet, clean and oil your old CPU fan. It just might work.
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Henry Ficher
ficher@netvision.net.il
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----- Original Message -----
From: Nimrod Zimerman <zimerman@deskmail.com>
To: Linux-IL <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 10:29 PM
Subject: [off-topic] CPU fan (for a Linux machine)
> Hello.
>
> This is off-topic. If you don't like off-topic messages, skip ahead.
>
> I'm one of those weird people who still use a 486 (yes, I know there is
> another one in Africa somewhere). It so happens that my CPU fan decided
that
> it has lived long enough, and ceased.
>
> I've tried hunting for a new CPU fan (for a 486 - one that doesn't require
> a special motherboard connection) in various places, but had no luck.
>
> My question - Do you happen to know somewhere where I could purchase such
a
> CPU fan? Or, do you have any creative suggestions has to how I could cool
my
> CPU down?
> Currently, I'm using a creative solution of my own. The natural cooler.
Ice.
> I just have to replace the ice-cube every so often (about 45 minutes),
> when it melts. This is a nice way of measuring the CPU temperature,
> actually.
>
> (Obviously, this is not entirely off-topic, as the said machine is running
> Linux. I assume somebody here might have had the same problem, as 486s are
> more common in those weird realms of Linux than in more conventional
realms).
>
> I apologize for the off-topicness.
>
> Nimrod
>
>
>