[wplug] Woke up this morning to a noisy machine...hard drives?

[Bill Moran]

Russ Schneider <russ at sugapablo.com> wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, William N. Powell wrote:
> 
> > Check Cooling Fans First!
> 
> It might be the fan, actually. 
> 
> If it is the fan, should I just clean it (too much dust unbalancing it) or 
> would it need a new one?  The Hank Hill in me is scremaing WD-40, but I'll 
> resist that for now.  :)

I would just replace it.  For the $10 it costs, it's not usually worth
fighting with.  The problem is that when it dies, you won't _hear_ anything,
it'll be completely silent until your system overheats.

This is The Fates' way of giving you a chance to fix the problem before it
gets bad.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com