On 5-6-2017 9:26, Stephen wrote:
> 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.

There is that, however it did the trick for me :-) I got rid of the dust 
somehow...

>
> 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)
>


-- 
Thomas

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