Not a good idea- you'll end up with a thin film of oil over everything as the spinning fan sends tiny droplets of oil everywhere.
A On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:15, you wrote: > Hi, > A temporary fix is to peel the sticker of the fan and put a drop of light > oil (sewing machine not anything for a car) to get it going again until > you get a replacement. At the worst you could use crc - only works for a > month before you have to do it again. > Maurice > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 15 May 2006 6:27 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: video card advice > > > I'll be in the market for a video card as soon as my budget allows, > following on from discovering the fan on it does zero rpm on a good day > - this being the likely source of lockups (interestingly this seldom > happens when booted into linux). > > I recall plenty of discussion on the list about supported and less > supported cards and chipsets. I have no wish to be responsible for a list > war, simply want to be sure that I buy the best option with linux in > mind. My needs and requirements are fairly modest, while I like games > seldom have the time - I don't need the very best in performance, this > being supported by the fact that my budget will reach to maybe a couple > of hundred dollars at most. > > What models, chipsets, features should I look out for? Avoid? > > Cheers, > Roger
