On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 17:22 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I've just replaced the faulty fan on an AMD with a good Intel fan, but > it does not sit well and it is liable to get stuck on the heatsink. > I'd like the machine to shutdown rather than cook itself, as it did > when the original fan went belly-up. I actually smelled it: that's how > I knew something was wrong. That sounds very bad, I hope you didn't damage it at the same time. If you have to jury rig a fan to a system, you might find it more reliable to mount it to the case, and aim the air at the heatsink. If it blows enough, that's all that's needed. It doesn't have to be on the heatsink, itself. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
