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Re: [off-topic] CPU fan (for a Linux machine)
R u sure that your cpu need cooler at all ?
any why you can disassemble the cooler and clean it from dust and it will
probably work again
Nimrod Zimerman wrote:
> 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
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