MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING

and i can't find the source

_/ % wrote \_
> and i can't find the source

Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.

--
-slunky

% wrote:
> and i can't find the source
>
>

the mouse button

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero...
> _/ % wrote \_
> > and i can't find the source
>
> Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
> since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
> is.
>
> --
> -slunky


one of mine use to sound like a plane propeler ,
it was really loud , it drove me nuts , i put a bit of oil on it ,
that worked for about two days ,
then i reached in and pushed on it and it made a click noise ,
and its been dead silent since but i know its turning cause it cut my finger

_/ % wrote \_
> one of mine use to sound like a plane propeler ,
> it was really loud , it drove me nuts , i put a bit of oil on it ,
> that worked for about two days ,
> then i reached in and pushed on it and it made a click noise ,
> and its been dead silent since but i know its turning cause it cut my finger

I can usually fix mine by turning it off for a minute, and then it runs
for about a week before it gets noisy again.

--
-slunky

"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
> % wrote:
> > and i can't find the source
> >
> >
>
> the mouse button


no wonder you get the big coinage

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrneim2j7.kc.slunky@latitude.zero...
> _/ % wrote \_
> > one of mine use to sound like a plane propeler ,
> > it was really loud , it drove me nuts , i put a bit of oil on it ,
> > that worked for about two days ,
> > then i reached in and pushed on it and it made a click noise ,
> > and its been dead silent since but i know its turning cause it cut my
finger
>
> I can usually fix mine by turning it off for a minute, and then it runs
> for about a week before it gets noisy again.
>
> --
> -slunky



oh no , i can't turn it off ,
what if somebody says something

_/ % wrote \_
> oh no , i can't turn it off ,
> what if somebody says something

You could do like me and have more than one computer.

--
-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrneim2o8.kc.slunky@latitude.zero...
> _/ % wrote \_
> > oh no , i can't turn it off ,
> > what if somebody says something
>
> You could do like me and have more than one computer.
>
> --
> -slunky


i've got three here , but one's hers so no go there ,
and the other has a crack in the port thing where the motherboard goes in ,
and i think it will cost more to fix than its worth

% wrote:
> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
>> % wrote:
>>> and i can't find the source
>>>
>>>
>> the mouse button
>
>
> no wonder you get the big coinage
>
>

Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.

"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
> % wrote:
> > "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
> >> % wrote:
> >>> and i can't find the source
> >>>
> >>>
> >> the mouse button
> >
> >
> > no wonder you get the big coinage
> >
> >
>
> Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.


there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name

In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes

>and i can't find the source

Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
<slunky@globalzero.org> writes
>_/ % wrote \_
>> and i can't find the source
>
>Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
>since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
>is.

There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do you
change the fan on one of those?

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
> <persent@gmail.com> writes
>
> >and i can't find the source
>
> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
> backups?
>
> --
> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?


i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me

Alan Harding wrote:
> In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
> <slunky@globalzero.org> writes
>> _/ % wrote \_
>>> and i can't find the source
>>
>> Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
>> since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
>> is.
>
> There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
> tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do you
> change the fan on one of those?
>

You either hack something on (I prefer using Panaflo 80mm fans because
they're nice and quiet) and just a bunch of epoxy and things are held
nicely.

This is assuming that it's out of warranty. While they're *in* warranty
I often complain to the RMA dept. that the fan has died so I have 1 or 2
spares.

Little fans don't last, and their efficiency/size is lousy so the RPMs
are often quite high.

Lastly, depending on whether you need the PCI slots below you can use a
Big Ass Heatsink designed for something else and attach it with thermal
epoxy (careful with that stuff). Depending on the card you may not need
a fan at all after that.

There's also items like the Zalman VF900 (have a Zalman on the CPU too),
I have one of those on my 6800GT, which is currently at 40°C. The other
video card has a stock heatsink (BFG...heavy round lug of copper, that I
sanded to *flat* and mirror shiny) and it has to sit between cards. So
it runs at ~60°C right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001

It would bake that card if I didn't have a 120mm fan on some home-bent
aluminum brackets that have it rigged to blow air across all the add-in
cards.

I figure this machine has 9 fans. I've got another box for archiving
files to and it's got 7 fans.

I'm not the overclocker/hardware nut I used to be, but I'm still
borderline insane on DIY PC stuff.

If you're going to replace a fan and plan on keeping the machine for a
while, get Panaflo fans. Failing that use Sunon.

% wrote:
> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
>> % wrote:
>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
>>>> % wrote:
>>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> the mouse button
>>>
>>> no wonder you get the big coinage
>>>
>>>
>> Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
>
>
> there's a ski resort near you ,
> that looks like where i live ,
> and now i forget the name
>
>

Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?

"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
> % wrote:
> > "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
> >> % wrote:
> >>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
> >>>> % wrote:
> >>>>> and i can't find the source
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> the mouse button
> >>>
> >>> no wonder you get the big coinage
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
> >
> >
> > there's a ski resort near you ,
> > that looks like where i live ,
> > and now i forget the name
> >
> >
>
> Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?


well it had those but that's not the name ,
i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it

In message <deSdnYVjq-DZL7bYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
>"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
>> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
>> <persent@gmail.com> writes
>>
>> >and i can't find the source
>>
>> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
>> backups?
>
>i don't do my own tech work ,
>i pay someone to do it for me
>
Ah! That out of date, huh?

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:QQE$SJDrj9KFFwN2@harding.demon.co.uk...
> In message <deSdnYVjq-DZL7bYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
> <persent@gmail.com> writes
> >"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
> >> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
> >> <persent@gmail.com> writes
> >>
> >> >and i can't find the source
> >>
> >> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
> >> backups?
> >
> >i don't do my own tech work ,
> >i pay someone to do it for me
> >
> Ah! That out of date, huh?
>
> --
> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?


affordability

% wrote:
> "Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
>> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
>> <persent@gmail.com> writes
>>
>>> and i can't find the source
>> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
>> backups?
>>
>> --
>> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
>> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
>
>
> i don't do my own tech work ,
> i pay someone to do it for me
>
>

I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.

"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
> % wrote:
> > "Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
> >> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
> >> <persent@gmail.com> writes
> >>
> >>> and i can't find the source
> >> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
> >> backups?
> >>
> >> --
> >> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
> >> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
> >
> >
> > i don't do my own tech work ,
> > i pay someone to do it for me
> >
> >
>
> I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.


i do too , but i still pay someone because i can

% wrote:
> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
>> % wrote:
>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
>>>> % wrote:
>>>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the mouse button
>>>>> no wonder you get the big coinage
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
>>>
>>> there's a ski resort near you ,
>>> that looks like where i live ,
>>> and now i forget the name
>>>
>>>
>> Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
>
>
> well it had those but that's not the name ,
> i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
>
>

I'vee alternating between active and a lot doing and then spending days
doing my lisa impression.

"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2m3fFh0f9vU1@individual.net...
> % wrote:
> > "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
> >> % wrote:
> >>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
> >>>> % wrote:
> >>>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>> news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
> >>>>>> % wrote:
> >>>>>>> and i can't find the source
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> the mouse button
> >>>>> no wonder you get the big coinage
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
> >>>
> >>> there's a ski resort near you ,
> >>> that looks like where i live ,
> >>> and now i forget the name
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
> >
> >
> > well it had those but that's not the name ,
> > i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
> >
> >
>
> I'vee alternating between active and a lot doing and then spending days
> doing my lisa impression.


yea well it was on Bike TV but it was snowboarders

% wrote:
> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
>> % wrote:
>>> "Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
>>>> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
>>>> <persent@gmail.com> writes
>>>>
>>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
>>>> backups?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
>>>> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
>>>
>>> i don't do my own tech work ,
>>> i pay someone to do it for me
>>>
>>>
>> I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
>
>
> i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
>
>

You just want a PC buddy

"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2q8jFgvla7U1@individual.net...
> % wrote:
> > "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
> >> % wrote:
> >>> "Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>> news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
> >>>> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
> >>>> <persent@gmail.com> writes
> >>>>
> >>>>> and i can't find the source
> >>>> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are
your
> >>>> backups?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
> >>>> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
> >>>
> >>> i don't do my own tech work ,
> >>> i pay someone to do it for me
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
> >
> >
> > i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
> >
> >
>
> You just want a PC buddy


well if i'm going to do what you do ,
i might as well be you so move out i'm moving in ,
and leave the slippers

In message <4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
<franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
>% wrote:
>> "Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
>>> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
>>> <persent@gmail.com> writes
>>>
>>>> and i can't find the source
>>> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
>>> backups?
>>>
>> i don't do my own tech work ,
>> i pay someone to do it for me

>I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.

I back-up the data I change, daily. I do a fortnightly back up, too.
Given a CD recorder it's easy for me - I keep two days worth of data. If
you have more data, or want to back up programs too, you'd need a lot of
CDs, or a DVD writer.

I've had to use the backups several times, so I'm pretty strict with
myself about them.

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

% wrote:
> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4p2m3fFh0f9vU1@individual.net...
>> % wrote:
>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
>>>> % wrote:
>>>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
>>>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the mouse button
>>>>>>> no wonder you get the big coinage
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
>>>>> there's a ski resort near you ,
>>>>> that looks like where i live ,
>>>>> and now i forget the name
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
>>>
>>> well it had those but that's not the name ,
>>> i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
>>>
>>>
>> I'vee alternating between active and a lot doing and then spending days
>> doing my lisa impression.
>
>
> yea well it was on Bike TV but it was snowboarders
>
>

Were they biking on snowboard TV?

% wrote:
> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4p2q8jFgvla7U1@individual.net...
>> % wrote:
>>> "Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
>>>> % wrote:
>>>>> "Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
>>>>>> In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
>>>>>> <persent@gmail.com> writes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>>>> Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are
> your
>>>>>> backups?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
>>>>>> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
>>>>> i don't do my own tech work ,
>>>>> i pay someone to do it for me
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
>>>
>>> i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
>>>
>>>
>> You just want a PC buddy
>
>
> well if i'm going to do what you do ,
> i might as well be you so move out i'm moving in ,
> and leave the slippers
>
>

You can live in the pool house.

In message <4p1spuFgts9aU1@individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
<franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
>Alan Harding wrote:
>> In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
>><slunky@globalzero.org> writes
>>> _/ % wrote \_
>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>
>>> Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
>>> since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
>>> is.
>> There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
>>tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do you
>>change the fan on one of those?
>>
>
>You either hack something on (I prefer using Panaflo 80mm fans because
>they're nice and quiet) and just a bunch of epoxy and things are held
>nicely.
>
>This is assuming that it's out of warranty. While they're *in* warranty
>I often complain to the RMA dept. that the fan has died so I have 1 or
>2 spares.
>
>Little fans don't last, and their efficiency/size is lousy so the RPMs
>are often quite high.
>
>Lastly, depending on whether you need the PCI slots below you can use a
>Big Ass Heatsink designed for something else and attach it with thermal
>epoxy (careful with that stuff). Depending on the card you may not need
>a fan at all after that.
>
>There's also items like the Zalman VF900 (have a Zalman on the CPU
>too), I have one of those on my 6800GT, which is currently at 40°C. The
>other video card has a stock heatsink (BFG...heavy round lug of copper,
>that I sanded to *flat* and mirror shiny) and it has to sit between
>cards. So it runs at ~60°C right now.
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001
>
>It would bake that card if I didn't have a 120mm fan on some home-bent
>aluminum brackets that have it rigged to blow air across all the add-in
>cards.
>
>I figure this machine has 9 fans. I've got another box for archiving
>files to and it's got 7 fans.
>
>I'm not the overclocker/hardware nut I used to be, but I'm still
>borderline insane on DIY PC stuff.
>
>If you're going to replace a fan and plan on keeping the machine for a
>while, get Panaflo fans. Failing that use Sunon.

The card's well out of warranty - it was sitting, unchanged, in the
I'net computer for six years. After I air sprayed the muck off the fan,
it packed up completely, so I had to use my spare card in it. Then the
DVD drive started making dreadful sounds and then stopped reading, so I
had to swap that for my spare.

I'm out of spares, apart from hard-drives and floppy drives. I have a
DVD ROM, I think, but no more readers. I'm going to have to spend money
- Wynne's PC needs upgrading. It's a games machine, so it won't be
cheap. I'll have to look up what's suitable and affordable.

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

Alan Harding wrote:
> In message <4p1spuFgts9aU1@individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
> <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
>> Alan Harding wrote:
>>> In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
>>> <slunky@globalzero.org> writes
>>>> _/ % wrote \_
>>>>> and i can't find the source
>>>>
>>>> Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
>>>> since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
>>>> is.
>>> There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
>>> tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do
>>> you change the fan on one of those?
>>>
>>
>> You either hack something on (I prefer using Panaflo 80mm fans because
>> they're nice and quiet) and just a bunch of epoxy and things are held
>> nicely.
>>
>> This is assuming that it's out of warranty. While they're *in*
>> warranty I often complain to the RMA dept. that the fan has died so I
>> have 1 or 2 spares.
>>
>> Little fans don't last, and their efficiency/size is lousy so the RPMs
>> are often quite high.
>>
>> Lastly, depending on whether you need the PCI slots below you can use
>> a Big Ass Heatsink designed for something else and attach it with
>> thermal epoxy (careful with that stuff). Depending on the card you may
>> not need a fan at all after that.
>>
>> There's also items like the Zalman VF900 (have a Zalman on the CPU
>> too), I have one of those on my 6800GT, which is currently at 40°C.
>> The other video card has a stock heatsink (BFG...heavy round lug of
>> copper, that I sanded to *flat* and mirror shiny) and it has to sit
>> between cards. So it runs at ~60°C right now.
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001
>>
>> It would bake that card if I didn't have a 120mm fan on some home-bent
>> aluminum brackets that have it rigged to blow air across all the
>> add-in cards.
>>
>> I figure this machine has 9 fans. I've got another box for archiving
>> files to and it's got 7 fans.
>>
>> I'm not the overclocker/hardware nut I used to be, but I'm still
>> borderline insane on DIY PC stuff.
>>
>> If you're going to replace a fan and plan on keeping the machine for a
>> while, get Panaflo fans. Failing that use Sunon.
>
> The card's well out of warranty - it was sitting, unchanged, in the
> I'net computer for six years. After I air sprayed the muck off the fan,
> it packed up completely, so I had to use my spare card in it. Then the
> DVD drive started making dreadful sounds and then stopped reading, so I
> had to swap that for my spare.
>
> I'm out of spares, apart from hard-drives and floppy drives. I have a
> DVD ROM, I think, but no more readers. I'm going to have to spend money
> - Wynne's PC needs upgrading. It's a games machine, so it won't be
> cheap. I'll have to look up what's suitable and affordable.
>

I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
putting up on ebay. The 6600GT is a pretty solid gaming card and so is
the Ti4200 depending on what kind of pixel pushing you need.

Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
hassle with ebay.

_/ Franz Bestuchev wrote \_
> I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
> and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
<snip>
> Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
> interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
> hassle with ebay.

How much do you want for each? I'm looking for a videocard upgrade.

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-slunky

slunky wrote:
> _/ Franz Bestuchev wrote \_
>> I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
>> and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
> <snip>
>> Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
>> interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
>> hassle with ebay.
>
> How much do you want for each? I'm looking for a videocard upgrade.
>

Hell, knock a bit off of whatever the ebay average selling price is. I'm
not looking to get rich, just let me know what seems to be the
prevailing fair price. You're the stay at home ebay dad!

I have *all* the kit for both too...bundled games/video dongles. The
Asus card comes with those funky Kim Jong Il glasses that are LCD panels
for 3D action.

I have 3 heatsink/fans for the Asus card. 1 with a fan that started
getting a bit noisy on me, but I caught it early and it shut up ASAP
with a drop of oil... The other two HSFs are brand new and the chunk of
aluminum that's mounted on there is lapped, so you'd just wanna switch
fans via screws. (Also you don't have to deal with the arctic silver
which is a "stringy" thermal compound IMO).

_/ Franz Bestuchev wrote \_
> Hell, knock a bit off of whatever the ebay average selling price is. I'm
> not looking to get rich, just let me know what seems to be the
> prevailing fair price. You're the stay at home ebay dad!

I'll give you $50 for the GeForce 6600GT.

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-slunky

In message <slrnej0nqq.ka.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
<slunky@globalzero.org> writes
>_/ Franz Bestuchev wrote \_
>> I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
>> and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
><snip>
>> Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
>> interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
>> hassle with ebay.
>
>How much do you want for each? I'm looking for a videocard upgrade.

Given a reasonable price, I'm minded to have one.

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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

Alan Harding wrote:
> In message <slrnej0nqq.ka.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
> <slunky@globalzero.org> writes
>> _/ Franz Bestuchev wrote \_
>>> I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
>>> and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
>> <snip>
>>> Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
>>> interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
>>> hassle with ebay.
>>
>> How much do you want for each? I'm looking for a videocard upgrade.
>
> Given a reasonable price, I'm minded to have one.
>

Send me an email then. I'm going to be in Mexico 17-25th so while I'll
try to stay in touch...I won't be able to make it to the mail box.