9 Aug
2024
9 Aug
'24
8:10 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 04:54:54PM -0400, Don Tai wrote:
Before you give up, try taking the video card out of your machine, clean and vacuum it, and inspect the fan. Clean out any gunk on the spindle, then drip a very small amount of machine oil. If all these things don't quiet down your fan, then go shopping.
The bearing sounds like it is full of debris when I turn it. And it does not seem to have much dust in or on it. I think I have gone way beyond the expected life of that poor bearing. Oh on closer inspection, it appears a few fan blades have lost some corners. I guess the plastic got brittle over time and gave up. No wonder it is wobbly. -- Len Sorensen