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  1. 03-25-2002, 02:56 AM #1
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    Nifty video card cooler

    I'm picking up a Leadtek Ti4400, and I saw some other thread saying that a fan across the back really helps. So I got creative

    Took an old modem and unscrewed the circuit board. Then, got a peice of 1/16" plexiglass, and cut it to be about the same height as the old modem so that it would clear the bus slot and screw onto the slot cover. Cut a large round hole in the plexiglass and screwed an 80mm fan onto it Works quite nicely. My motherboard has an AMR slot above the AGP slot, so I put my "fan card" there where it could blow down on the backside of the video card.

    If anybody else wants to take the design even further, might I suggest cutting it so that the plexiglass fits into a slot. Mine only has the 2 screws on the slot cover holding it, and it sags downward slightly.

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  2. 03-25-2002, 05:16 AM #2
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    Very cool, it's been done simularly here:

    http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/pro...cool/index.htm

    very creative of you though, can you OC your card any farther with it on? Good Luck
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  3. 03-25-2002, 12:37 PM #3
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    Hey not bad for home-made. Should paint the plexiglass
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  4. 03-25-2002, 05:26 PM #4
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    Hey hey, not a bad idea . Try making it and tell us your results .
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  6. 03-25-2002, 05:42 PM #5
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    Originally posted by Sgt_Strider
    Try making it
    He already made it, take a peek at the picture in his post
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