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Story: Fix noisy computer fans with a drop of oil
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I have a 5 year old system, (I tend to use computers until they fall apart). The CPU fan started to get noisy in only in the first minute of boot. Upon opening the case, there was quite a dust farm in there. I inspected and removed the CPU fan, finding it did have some bearing wear as it had a tiny bit of side movement. The heatsink was pretty well plugged up with dust, in which I proceeded to remove the dust. I put a drop of oil in the hole under the sticker of the fan before replacing it. I then removed the all that dust out of th case before putting it back together. The fan has held up quite a while that way so far.
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Story: Fix noisy computer fans with a drop of oil
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Read this with interest as I cured a noisy fan a f... Stuart Isenberg
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dear sir.
my graphics card is a "msi geforce ti 42... neil a davy
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Great article.
This was exactly what I needed. My... Daniel
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An excellent article, but for one small omission.... Chris Merrick
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You can easilly fix a noisy fan temporaly by pulli... Adam
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This was great!!! I was pulling my hair out for da... Anonymous
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I am so glad I found this article while I was shop... Tom
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Thanks for the tip. Had a fan slowing down and sto... Anonymous
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I was looking through cooling fan adverts to repla... David Stansfield
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Thank you! You don't know how many people I have... Anonymous
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I did as the article stated,but my computer is sti... Anonymous
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BRILLIANT! My computer was as loud as a lawn mowe... Dan Lakatos
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Thanks a lot! I did according to the suggestion, i... Michael Gong
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Really great description and pictures Anonymous
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this is tells how to fix the problem it is a fan b... Anonymous
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Great article! Sure saved me a few dollars and has... Daniel L. Peart
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That worked awesome!!! Thanks so much for the advi... Krista Cook
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Article was right on !!!
Dell Dimension 2400, just... Anonymous
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The article was very helpful indeed. I've been hav... Temo
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FANTASTIC TIP!!!! my computer sounds like its a ne... Garry Phillips
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PS I used sewing machine oil! Garry Phillips
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This was awesome!!! Even a "non-tech" person, suc... Sheila L.
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Very Professional eddcase
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GREAT ARTICLE!!! It worked for me :) kais
