On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:49:10PM -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:53:57 -0800, Wayne Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:39:15 -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:33:32 -0800, Wayne Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Could it be a power supply prob? If the fan isn't getting enough > > >> power it might spin slower > making it noisy... Just my guess... > > >> w > > >> > > > Speaking as your acoustical consultant, this doesn't make much > > > sense. Fast fans move more air and make more airflow noise. Bad > > > bearings could cause a fan to make more noise, but bearing noise > > > isn't a result of an inadequate power supply. Usually a result of > > > old age and failing lubrication. > > > I see your point. The fan on my notebook got noisy after I > > started using a 250 GB external drive... Then my internal hard drive > > started getting flaky too... My reasoning was that that fan needed at > > least a certain rotational speed to keep the blade moving > > in a path where they didn't bump into the casing... But maybe > > I'm all wet as to the cause of the problems... > > Blades bumping the casing sounds like totally shot bearings to me. > > carl
The CPU fan was replaced, correcting the angry buzzing sound. The old fan seems to spin more easily in one direction than the other when I blow air into it. I suspect the bearing is bad, but not letting the blades bump the casing. I don't know if the oops message will recur without a bad fan, but even if it doesn't recur I'm guessing there is some incompatibility. Hints on investigating the incompatibility might be helpful; a first lock at Google wasn't very helpful. Thanks very much. Stewart Strait -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
