I once fixed a noisy graphics card fan by following the following: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034842.html
I upgraded the oil to synthetic from sewing machine, as mama's sewing machine oil is likely to be vegetable based and evaporate much faster than synthetic. -- Patrick Timlick On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Mike Connors <mconno...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've read some threads on this, but just wondering if anyone locally has > run into any of these problems? > > 1. Fan continuously runs > - I did download some ibm-acpi fan util, but the fan continues to > run all the time. > > 2. The fan has become annoyingly loud. > - Has anyone replaced the fan or taken apart the laptop to clean it > out, etc? > > Thanks, > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- p.j.timl...@ieee.org www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs. Dundee OR 97115 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug