[mythtv-users] OT: unplugging the fan of the grafic card

[Devan Lippman]

On 10/13/05, Yann Lehmann <aristide at tiscali.ch> wrote:
>
> I am planning to build a MythTV system, and would like to install a
> NVidia grafic card for software decoding of the recorded shows.
>
> The newer cards almost always have active coolers (with fan). Does
> software decoding use the "heat producing" features of the gpu, and if
> not, can I just unplug the fan to get a silent system ?
>
> Thank's
> Yann

 FWIW I have a GeForce2 that I unplugged the fan on, but that was only
because the bearings seized. Haven't had a problem over the past few years.
--
Thanks,
Devan Lippman <devan at lippman dot net>
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