Messages in this thread |  | | From | Olaf Titz <> | Subject | Re: Now for something entirely different - CPU-fans. | Date | 02 Sep 1996 17:08:04 +0200 |
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> > read interesting claim in one of their advertisements. The claim states > > that some fans have poorly designed bearings which in time wear causing > > noise and inevitably, extra frictional heat which detracts from the utlity > > of the heat sink. I have no idea how much extra heat could be dissapated
The claim is true; actually the situation is even worse. I've seen many CPU fans that simply stopped working after some 3-6 months - first they get louder, then they get slower, then they stop completely and burn their coils (at least they don't dissipate heat in this mode of operation :-P) This was the subject of at least one comp.risks posting which told the same symptoms as the infamous "signal 11" memory fault. (Perhaps that should go on the "signal 11" web page too - check if your heat fan is broken? It may well be that the most sensitive part of a CPU, where bits start flipping first when the chip overheats, is the first level cache...
Unlike good power supply fans, most CPU coolers have no ball bearings but some metal-shaft-in-plastic-bush thing which tends to wear out and/or accumulate dust. These devices are not designed for continuous operation, apparently.
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