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Offline bigguy

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Silencing the fans
« on: December 28, 2009, 07:53:56 PM »
lately I have had a problem with one of my fans making a noise. I have blown it out with air, cleaned it with a non-static brush but still it makes theses noises. Are there ball bearings in fans and could they be going. ??? or is the fan just real dirty and maybe it's time for a new one. ???
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 12:17:06 AM »
Your ball bearings are gone, it happened to my Power Supply fan last year.
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 09:57:38 AM »
That sort of sucks. I was hoping I missed some dirt somewhere. Ok, well time to replace the fan.
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 10:26:20 AM »
bigguy, I've fans with 7 years :P
Try put a little bit oil on the fan.
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 10:29:11 AM »
I was thinking about that. Guess I just didn't want to drip on any other component around the fan. I might give that a try, thanks Costa.
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 09:39:51 PM »
new fans are cheap, quiet and easy to install. Just buy a new one and keep the old one for spare  ???
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2009, 12:17:58 PM »
Always better to replace them than have them going on you  O0
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2009, 03:07:53 PM »
Both are good ideas. I think though if I can get a couple bucks I will buy a new one, take this one out and fix it up for this other box I have here.
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Re: Silencing the fans
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 07:09:58 PM »
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