AA> Hi Alan..  I identified the source of the annoying fan noise in the
 AA> PPC.  The video card has a small fan on top of a chip.  The video
 AA> is AGP-based.  Do you think it would be safe to simply seize the
 AA> fan's operation or just pry it off?   I've never seen an AGP video
 AA> card with a fan on it before.

i would replace the fan... just like is done in power supplies... the fan
is there because the chip it is attached to is the GPU chip and it can get
as hot as the CPU chip on your main board...

i doubt that it is a case of over engineering...

)\/(ark