As you may know, I try to make use of computer equipment long past the time when others would toss it.
This recently came back to bite me when the power supply fan of my computer decided it just wasn't going to work anymore.
As I live in the backwoods, I figured I would have to drive to Murray, KY the nearest town of any size to get a cooling fan; I set forth on this
expedition with full confidence that my problems would soon be over.
I was wrong. You can not buy a case fan for a computer within 45 miles of Paris, TN for less than the cost of a NEW CASE (something i'm not about to spend money on).
OK, I figured, I'll order on line. I order 2 fans, a 12.5cm & a 8cm, figuring that should work to move air.
Amazingly, the 12.5cm fan shows up in 2 days, as it shipped from millington, where I used to be stationed.
I gleefully installed the fan and fired it up, only to watch in interest as the extremely high RPM fan proceeded to shed all it's little fan blades around the room.
So, now I wait for the 80mm, which hopefully either has a wimpier motor, or more flexible blades.
How am I typing this? I took a small 12" oscillating room fan, and the cardboard from a case of soda, bent the cardboard into a cone, and taped the small end on to the air intake vents on the back of the computer, and crammed the fan in the other end; the computer reports that it is running at full power with a CPU temperature of 96F, about 40F less than it ran when everything was working.
If it wasn't so noisy, i'd leave it like this.

I'm retiring my sig; no one has remarked on it, let alone managed to figure out what it says.

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If you figure it out, comment on it here, I'll send you a valuable CD. no, really.

Today I posted a "help" message on Tech TV, asking if they knew anyplace I haven't tried yet to give away my patent. I don't really expect an answer, but it would be nice. Also went to woz.org, thought I'd see if he had a guestbook...no dice. and he's not accepting mail right now. It stops DDoS attacks. it works in the lab. I want someone else to develop it. simple.