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. > > 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. > 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? -- Neil Bothwick Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
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