OT: replacement fan for an Intel heatsink

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 03:45:48PM -0400, Scott Allen wrote:
> Sometimes you can remove the sticker from the hub of the fan to expose
> the shaft and bearing, apply a few drop of oil in the hole, and then
> cover the area where the sticker was with a small piece of electrical
> tape. This may quiet the fan down for a while to give you more time to
> search for a replacement or wait for a deal on a new heat sink
> assembly.
> 
> I've had fans, that got noisy, last for more than a year before they
> start acting up again, using this technique.

I miss well made fans. :)

My PC Power & Cooling fan I put in a 486 in 1993 is still running silently
and as good as ever.  The one I put on a Pentium Pro in 1997 is also
still running perfectly and silently (both fans, since it had two for
redundancy).  No wonder those things came with 5 year warrenties.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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