Fans in VAXstation 4000/vlc

On Thursday 13 July 2006 11:14 pm, Zane H. Healy wrote: No experience with those in particular, but I've had pretty good luck with taking old and noisy fans and applying just a drop of light oil (like sewing machine oil or similar) to the bearings. Sometimes they're not apparently accessible but are covered by a paper sticker or even that plus a little plastic cap that a sharp knife can help pry out. The CPU fan on my server was getting pretty noisy a while back, and I noticed its rotation was also getting pretty erratic at times, sometimes even stopping completely, and I managed to give it that treatment and it's been fine ever since, 24/7. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin