I highly recommend ball bearing fans, as they will run last long and have less
problems. If oiling doesn't help, replace with a new ball bearing fan is the best
solution, the extra $ spent on a high quality fan will pay back later.

Jun Qian

"Kenneth J. Kovler" wrote:

> Once upon a time on Sun, 26 Mar 2000,at 3:50pm A&C Thompson wrote about:...
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Normally most people will tell you to replace the fan or power supply,
> but I have had very good success by just oiling the fan. Most of the cheap
> ones don't have ball bearings but if you have a needle point oil spout you
> can direct some oil on the shaft and it will migrate to the sleeve bearing
> and the noise will soon go away.
>
>  I have also sprayed some silicone spray on the shaft while the computer
> is on, using the red soda straw that comes with the spray can. That worked
> too and the fan has been working quiet for over a year now.

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