486 dies terrible death

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed Jun 2 17:56:56 2004

>
> On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 18:47, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > The power supply fan went bad on it a while ago (over a year, surely
> > longer) and I never bothered replacing it because I always use just
> > whatever hardware I have laying about whenever something goes bad on the
> > box, and those damn power supply fans go out all the time and it's a pain
> > to have to replace them.

Yes, but they're put there for a good reason. Electronic devices last a
lot longer if properly cooled. I hope you treat your classic computers
more carefully (although isn't a 486 system likely to be a 'classic' by
the charter of this list now?)

>
> FWIW, the 12V fans in Mac LC series machines seem to be of a lot better
> quality than the nasty PC equivalent, and - at least round here - Mac
> LC's are now even easier to come by than old AT-style PCs*.
>
> I imagine you'll find such a fan is a straight swap - I think they're

AFAIK these fans are still being made, and are available from RS,
Farnell, etc. Of course they're not cheap, but they tend to be better
made than the ones from PC shops....

-tony
Received on Wed Jun 02 2004 - 17:56:56 BST