on 12/10/03 4:07 PM, Drew Beckett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Usually fans make a whining sound when they go out (like a failing bearing). > Try dusting your case and applying oil to your fans.
Thanks for the ideas Drew! Turns out it WAS a fan, not the power supply or case fan but the fan on the CPU heat sink. I forgot how many fans were in there. As soon as I got the case open though, I remembered that I had this same problem a year or two ago, and fixed it the same way: Pulled the CPU card, took the fan off, cleaned all the dust off everything, put a drop of oil on the fan bearings (it looks to my untrained eye like a REALLY cheap fan.) put everything back together and I'm back in action, good as new. Gave me something to do while my girlfriend was watching the season finale of "The Bachelorette" or whatever that was. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
