Yes, or buy a fan (rather than a whole new card) Computer Broker has a whole lot of fanless nVidia AGP FX5200 w/128M RAM for $65.00 on the counter (all second hand)
On Mon, May 15, 2006 5:15 pm, Maurice Butler 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 > > >
