AA>Hi Alan..  I identified the source of the annoying fan noise in the PPC.  Th
AA>video card has a small fan on top of a chip.  The video is AGP-based.  Do yo
AA>think it would be safe to simply seize the fan's operation or just pry it of
AA> I've never seen an AGP video card with a fan on it before.  Considering tha
AA>the pc is just 350Ghz and basically a low-power machine.. the fan is probabl
AA>over-design?   I've contemplated installing a completely different non-fan
AA>video card..  Can video hardware be simply plugged in and detected
AA>automatically.. or would I need a video card designed for PPC?

IF not doing extensive Gaming or Video Editing I think you would be
safe in disabiling the fan. Don't remove the heat sink though.
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