DANGER DANGER THIRD DAY CPU FAN FAILURE DANGER DANGER

Skybuck Flying wrote:

To me this is a very clear sign that the cpu fan is actually DIRTY and
STUCK...

Maybe because of oil I tried to put in it long ago, it must have merged with
dust... or maybe the oil helped a little bit.

I am not sure what I should do... oil it ? or clean it first ? Clean it
first might not be possible ? Oil it might help or might make it worse.

One thing I should not do:

Attempt to clean it... last time I tried that with a graphics card fan... I
broke off the fan blade...

What happens when you apply 12V directly to the fan? The black wire
goes to ground (another black wire on the power supply), the red wire
of the fan goes to a yellow wire from the power supply. If you
instead connect it to a red wire on the power supply, the fan will get
only 5V, which may not be enough to start it up.

I usually take apart a fan and clean it before lubing it. Use light
machine oil, not WD-40 or silicone oil, and lube not only the bearings
but also apply tiny amounts of oil to any thrust washers, even plastic
ones. If you find any gouged washers, replace them (real hardware
stores like Ace or True Value, parts from other fans). Sealed ball
bearings usually can't be lubed, but with unsealed ones try to clean
out the old grease and apply fresh lithium grease, not Vaseline.

You can't break off fan blades unless you're drunk, high on coke, or
apply way, way too much force and forgot to first remove the circlip
or split washer that holds the shaft in place. The clip can be
removed with a jeweler's screwdriver.

Oh those fan blades break real easy...

It's like a lever, like so:

/- push here
/
/
/
/
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^ snaps there.

Ouch !

Sigh, I haven't looked at the cpu fan up close yet... too lazy to work on
the pc at the moment... and I have other things to do...

Bye,
Skybuck.

On Mar 22, 9:04*pm, "Skybuck Flying"
wrote:

Sigh, I haven't looked at the cpu fan up close yet... too lazy to work on
the pc at the moment... and I have other things to do...

Bye,
* Skybuck.

Really?
Like finding your Ritalin prescription...??

Skybuck Flying wrote:

Oh those fan blades break real easy...

It's like a lever, like so:

/- push here
/
/
/
/
--------------

^ snaps there.

Ouch !

No, they don't, because nobody presses there on purpose.

"larry moe 'n curly" wrote in message
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Skybuck Flying wrote:

Oh those fan blades break real easy...

It's like a lever, like so:

/- push here
/
/
/
/
--------------

^ snaps there.

Ouch !

No, they don't, because nobody presses there on purpose.

As clueless newbies try to open the fan, and try to clean it they most
certainly will !

Bye,
Skybuck