MLUG: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Noisy Fan Solution
Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Noisy Fan Solution
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Any risk of it shorting anything out? I'm assuming not but hey better safe
than fried. I've seen some sites that sell video cards w/ noisy fan
problems for far under the retail price. Kewl beans.

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On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Neil Bradshaw wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> I know that on the list there's been talk before about noisy fans in
> PCs. I had a really noisy fan on my GPU (the chip on my video card) that
> was getting so bad that I was having to shut the machine off at night just
> to sleep.
> 
> Blake told me to use graphite lube on it, and I did. The thing is barely
> making any noise anymore! I had to re-open the case just to make sure I
> didn't inadvertenly kill the fan.
> 
> Hopefully that will help someone out there with noisy fans. Graphite lube
> in liquid form can be got at Westland for ~$1.50. Beats $100 for a new
> video card!
> 
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