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Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy
Date 4 Mar 2015 19:06:36 GMT
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On 2015-03-04, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <clookqFjr7nU5@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-04, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm not sure how that would work. The card won't fit into slot 1 because 
>> > the mounting screws for the heat sink raise it above the height of the 
>> > slot (slot 1 sits almost right on top of the "memory cage."
>> 
>> Can you post a photo of it?
>
> This is a totally unrelated web site, but the guy has a picture of it 
> sitting on a desk (2nd pic down); you can see how high it's sitting. 
> There are four black screws holding the heat sink in place.
>
> http://vitalikovalenko.com/2012/skype-log-out-on-crash-issue.html
>
> Here's a bunch of pics, including a good one of the bottom of the card 
> (3rd pic in the series):
>
><https://the620guy.com/home/asus-gt610-sl-1gd3-l-nvidia-geforce-gt-610-1g
> b-64-bit-ddr3-pcie-x16-video-card/>
>
> or:
><http://tinyurl.com/mmatjjt>

Yeah, it appears those things are fairly long...

I suppose if you were *really* intent on keeping the card, you could
look for an after-market cooling solution to install in place of the OEM
heat sink - if one exists. I installed one lie that onto a Radeon 9800
card I bought for a PowerMac G5 tower once:

<http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/Graphics/VGA_silencer_install/VGA_silencer_install.html>

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MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-24 18:41 -0800
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-25 16:11 +1300
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:39 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 00:59 +0000
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-24 23:17 -0500
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    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-25 07:33 -0500
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:33 -0800
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:42 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 01:01 +0000
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 17:05 -0800
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-02-25 19:35 -0800
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 21:49 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-26 18:56 +1300
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 08:07 -0500
          Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-26 07:26 -0800
            Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 11:59 -0500
              Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:12 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-27 14:13 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:30 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 20:13 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:02 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 02:23 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 20:13 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:01 -0800
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-26 07:41 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-02-26 19:03 -0800
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:14 -0800
          Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 16:13 -0500
            Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:13 -0800
              Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-03 16:29 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-03 19:40 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 16:15 +1300
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 05:55 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 16:02 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 13:06 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 19:06 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 14:28 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-03 19:56 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 16:49 +1300
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-03 21:54 -0800

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