Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!VK/hB3eqRiKsZ96rZK2u4g.user.46.165.242.75.POSTED!not-for-mail From: dillinger Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows Subject: Re: Basic computer questions about graphics card fan & computer keyboard reboot Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 06:26:15 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <7klmrixakk.ln2@spock.lan> References: <20220729195947.78bc8603@ryz> <20220731115210.2643514e@ryz> <20220731172219.0c3f1acc@ryz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: gioia.aioe.org; logging-data="31703"; posting-host="VK/hB3eqRiKsZ96rZK2u4g.user.gioia.aioe.org"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@aioe.org"; User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:105.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/105.0a1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:162191 alt.comp.microsoft.windows:1701 On 8/1/22 02:14, YK wrote: > f the temperature climbs much above 52C (125F) I will consider removing > the fan housing by removing those four plastic spring clips which you can > see the topside of in this photo found on the net of exactly what mine is > https://picclick.com/EVGA-GeForce-GT-210-1GB-GDDR3-PCIe-Graphics-265192930723.html#&gid=1&pid=1 I see no "fan housing", only a (fan cooled) heat sink, if you run it without that you'll fry your chip within minutes, if not seconds, with or without a fan.