From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B983B138CCF for ; Sun, 24 May 2015 09:51:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0853E0B45; Sun, 24 May 2015 09:51:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEDFCE0AF7 for ; Sun, 24 May 2015 09:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 81911409C0 for ; Sun, 24 May 2015 10:50:58 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 10:50:53 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off Message-ID: <20150524105053.72a2a4fb@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <201505241010.08494.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <20150523212442.GC2096@syscon7> <556120B4.1060903@yahoo.com.br> <20150524011234.GI2096@syscon7> <201505241010.08494.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1-101-ge0aa60 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/eAh5885egE6moLMsBua93Z_"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: e3f6f173-a223-4b20-af51-aaaef579e021 X-Archives-Hash: a5a072e9dcb2ab21bdf1c759e6269ced --Sig_/eAh5885egE6moLMsBua93Z_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 24 May 2015 10:09:58 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I went to pickup the remote box and look at it; the CPU fan stop > > working. The CPU heat sink is big so in idle mode it could keep up > > with cooling it but under heavy load "compiling anything" the CPU was > > overheating. =20 >=20 > Ha! So the fan speeds showing zero was true. :-) Yes, zero fan speed and high temperatures should be inventigated before being written of as misconfigured sensors. =20 > Often they start rattling before they fail. They'd have to rattle pretty loudly on a remote box to warn you of impending failure ;-) > I found that peeling off > the self adhesive label in the middle and applying a single drop of > thin oil on the bearing restores them to rude health. I have one here > which is still running quietly for five years since my intervention > with an oil can. Given the cheapness of the fan and the price of the component it protects, is it worth taking a risk? --=20 Neil Bothwick Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. --Sig_/eAh5885egE6moLMsBua93Z_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlVhnv0ACgkQum4al0N1GQMHrQCgu3R6hmdN+2M9a8LyvOxn9TDV sLgAoNion7RG5tJ50xqshujGoQkIksEt =c0Qx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/eAh5885egE6moLMsBua93Z_--