Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2011-03-13 23:52, Darren New a écrit :
>> I must say, after picking the fluff out of the graphics card heatsink
>> with tweesers, the demo for "The Ball" went from shutting down the
>> computer after 3 or 4 minutes to not being able to hear the fan spin.
>> Much better.
>>
> Cat owner?

No. It's just been a while.

I had to open up the machine and pull out the power supply to change the 
DVD 
drive anyway, so I took the time to actually remove the graphics card.

It has channels for air under a plastic cover that a fan sucks across the
 
chip, and I couldn't open it well enough to get the plastic cover off, an
d 
blowing it just blew the dust bunnies up against the fan, rather than out
 
past it.

So, basically, the graphics card puts junk in the way of the air flow on 

which dust gets caught. Slightly poor design there, but I can understand 
it 
given the engineering constraints.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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