On 6/5/2017 7:49 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 4-6-2017 15:08, Stephen wrote:
>> On 6/4/2017 1:36 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>> The fan on my computer just became louder, and I thought I detected an
>>> unpleasant smell during my last render.
>>>
>>> Looks like I won't be doing any renders until I get the fan replaced.
>>
>> Gulp! Good that you caught it early.
>>
>
> Maybe cleaning away the accumulated dust on the fan will be enough. I
> have experienced loud noises before and that was the solution (with
> compressed air... carefully).
>

I've never thought that using compressed air was a good idea. Unless you 
can take the fan out of the machine it just blows it elsewhere. And they 
are expensive. I use a clean paintbrush and a vacuum cleaner with an 
extension.

About a month ago I noticed a fan on my PC that I had not cleaned for 3 
years. It took me over an hour to get access to it and I had to remove 
the fan controller. Now one of fans is reporting a speed of zero. The 
temperature is okay but I will need to strip the m/c down again to check 
it. The fan controller is not very good. (AeroCool Touch-2000)

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Regards
     Stephen

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