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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 11:01:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8632389.iOBvVZZPGR@wstn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150524105053.72a2a4fb@digimed.co.uk>

On Sunday 24 May 2015 10:50:53 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 24 May 2015 10:09:58 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > 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?

This is the CPU fan we're talking about here. When I took the lid off my box 
the other day to put new SSDs in it, I was astonished once again at the size 
and complexity of the fan on this i5 chip. Not at all cheap-looking!

-- 
Rgds
Peter



  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-24 10:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-23 21:24 [gentoo-user] Computer turn itself off Joseph
2015-05-23 22:08 ` Zhu Sha Zang
2015-05-23 22:41   ` Joseph
2015-05-23 22:53   ` Joseph
2015-05-23 23:11     ` Mick
2015-05-24  0:52     ` Zhu Sha Zang
2015-05-24  1:12       ` [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] " Joseph
2015-05-24  9:09         ` Mick
2015-05-24  9:25           ` Dale
2015-05-24  9:50           ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-24 10:01             ` Peter Humphrey [this message]
2015-05-24 10:11             ` Mick
2015-05-24 10:45               ` Peter Humphrey
2015-05-24 11:32                 ` Mick
2015-05-24 11:37                   ` Peter Humphrey
2015-05-24 19:19         ` Ed Martinez
2015-05-24 23:53         ` [gentoo-user] " James

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