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Fan dont spin
Name: Hakemon CTS Date: September 21, 2003 at 23:57:10 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: 533MHz, 384MB
Comment:
Will it damage any thing if my case fan dont spin sometimes? Sometimes I have to start turning it for it. Will it harm any thing if i forget?
Name: Daniel Date: September 22, 2003 at 03:39:52 Pacific
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What do you mean your "Case fan" doesn't spin? Do you mean you PSU fan doesn't spin or you actual case fan doesn't spin? If its you PSU, you will have to get a new fan or PSU but if it is just a case fan, it shouldn't harm it. I mean you only have a 533MHz and it doesn't create much heat.
Daniel
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Response Number 2
Name: daryl Date: September 22, 2003 at 09:36:02 Pacific
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Immediately replace any fan that shows signs of slowing down or stopping!!!!! It could cause serious damage to your system.
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Response Number 3
Name: buster65 Date: September 22, 2003 at 10:19:36 Pacific
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Usually you can remove the little paper sticker from the center of the fan and apply a drop of machine oil in the hole. This should get a sluggish fan moving again. Just be sure you wipe all residue of oil from the contact surface and cover the hole with a good piece of tape.
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Response Number 4
Name: Hakemon CTS Date: September 22, 2003 at 10:45:24 Pacific
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Well, it feels like the magnets are too strong, like, when off, i move it myself and it spins alittle but its like it stops on a grove or something, and when it gets powered up, it gets stuck on that groove. Its a $6 clear 4 led fan.
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Response Number 5
Name: darren Date: September 22, 2003 at 10:55:27 Pacific
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Spend a little more and buy a fan with ball bearings. They are much more reliable.
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Response Number 6
Name: buster65 Date: September 22, 2003 at 20:33:56 Pacific
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All of those dc fans will spin and stop like that Hakemon CTS. Just try the oil.
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Response Number 7
Name: Hakemon CTS Date: September 23, 2003 at 02:44:59 Pacific
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