On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 19:28, Phil Deane wrote: > Sorry for the Off Topic POst but just wanted some opinions. > > One of the fans in my machine is very noisy, It is the one under the Hard > drives. When it is first switched on it is fine, but after a while it gets > noisy, and stays that way. > > I had alook and it is still spinning fine, gave it a bit of a clean, but the > noise still happens. It is not impeding system performance any, just fecking > annoying. Any ideas? > > It is a mini tower setup, (cheapbox atx box from priceless.) I dont want to > turn it off as the slots are full, with 2 HD's and 2 CD writers, along with > a floppy. > If its a 3" fan you can get replacements from most hardware stores for a couple of quid, also try oiling it slightly. Very slightly. You can sometimes see the spindal, if not just try aiming carefully with some wd40 or general purpose oil.
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