orac update...
Dec. 19th, 2006 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1I ran orac Mk III (that's my current desktop system -- AMD Athlon 600, 384 Mb memory, 40 Gb hard drive, Windows 98 SE) without its cover this evening. Here's what I found out after running it topless.
1) My video card is indeed a Diamond Viper V770. AGP.
2) My DVD drive can't read CDs, data, music, or otherwise. Even after I reinstalled the Nero OEM Suite. *grumble*
3) The CPU fan is still noisy. Not as bad as it was before, but it sometimes vibrates off its axis. I'm wondering if the bearings are starting to wear out. I can't reach it to replace the cooling fan. (The CPU is one of those external-box ones, like the Pentium II.) I hit it with some WD-40 and it helped a little bit. (I'm leery of using it on or near circuit boards.) It's helping to turn it off after each use, instead of letting it run nonstop.
I've had this system since March of 2000. I want it to hang on for a few more years. I have other things that need to be fixed or replaced before I upgrade the desktop: the garage door opener, the large burner on my stove, the fan on my HEPA filter in the bedroom.
1) My video card is indeed a Diamond Viper V770. AGP.
2) My DVD drive can't read CDs, data, music, or otherwise. Even after I reinstalled the Nero OEM Suite. *grumble*
3) The CPU fan is still noisy. Not as bad as it was before, but it sometimes vibrates off its axis. I'm wondering if the bearings are starting to wear out. I can't reach it to replace the cooling fan. (The CPU is one of those external-box ones, like the Pentium II.) I hit it with some WD-40 and it helped a little bit. (I'm leery of using it on or near circuit boards.) It's helping to turn it off after each use, instead of letting it run nonstop.
I've had this system since March of 2000. I want it to hang on for a few more years. I have other things that need to be fixed or replaced before I upgrade the desktop: the garage door opener, the large burner on my stove, the fan on my HEPA filter in the bedroom.
