I know shadio rack sells cans of air (I think it's actually co2)...don't remember what it was called or how much it cost but I don't think it was all that expensive. On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:44:09AM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Frank. > > Please forgive my ignorance, but where can I get a can with compressed > air like that, and are they fairly cheap, or fairly expensive? > > Also, since we're on the topic of heatsinks and so on, can anyone tell > me how to get a fan off a slot1-type cpu? On the front of the cpu > where the fan is, there are these 4 round tabs on each side that seem > to be movable, but I've never been able to figure out how to disengage > them to make the fan release from the processor. Thanks in advance. > > Greg > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:31:21AM -0500, Frank Carmickle wrote: > > Hi Greg > > > > Just get yourself a can of air and blow the dust out of the heatsink. I > > think you will find that it will perform smoothly after that. Pretty much > > all heatsinks need a good cleaning after 5 years. I just cleaned out one > > on a box of mine and you wouldn't believe the amount of crap. > > > > --Frank > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > !DSPAM:41a5a683152891611610684! > > > > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBpgvZ7s9z/XlyUyARAkapAJ9yon4cyog8/o1mfQGksLqOhtcuyACgyshv > Fhmd/xV6twHGtNV2OIVo/rU= > =XL6l > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Linux is obsolete -- Andrew Tanenbaum
