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[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