[CUBE] Fanless Radeon

Riba riba at hi.hinet.hr
Fri Apr 11 03:16:13 PDT 2003


>> noises. There are replacement fans out there, none of them are
>> especially noisy, but I opted for a passive heatsink to solve this
>> problem once & for all.
>>
> If you are stuck with a noisy fan, try a little lubricant on the 
> spindle of
> the fan. Remove the ATI sticker, use a toothpick and put a very small 
> dab of
> motor oil or Tri-Flo on the center spindle, and voila, the noise will 
> be
> gone. This is easy to do, can be repeated when necessary.

I've often seen this advice, but on my fan there was nothing underneath 
the sticker, no access to spindle whatsoever.



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