Tom H on 15 May 2007 03:04:57 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Noisy computer fans


On Monday 14 May 2007 15:46, gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
> WD-40 is a solvent, not a lubricant.  WD stands for water displacing.
> WD-40 might actually remove whatever lubrication was in there.  (Once or
> twice I used sprays that cause plastic parts to break.  One time it was
> a volume potentiometer.)  Still, I know WD-40 will actually, somehow,
> help, as in your case.
>
> I used to use WD-40 on bike chains.  It helps at first because it's wet
> I guess.  heh  Now I use a Teflon spray, which is dry lubrication.
> (Chains like it.  Humans might get cancer from it.  Who knows?)  I also
> use it on car weather stripping.  Not on a fan so far.
>
> Greg Helledy wrote:
> > >The shuttles have a slightly wonky CPU fan that rattles loose in a
> >
> > year >or two and ceases to be as quiet, although it's still not as
> > loud as a >normal PC.
> >
> > Last year I bought a graphics card that ended up having a pretty noisy
> > fan.  I mentioned this to a guy at a computer shop and he said a shot
> > of WD-40 would work wonders.  I was skeptical but put a bit right into
> > the "cup" formed by the fan (where it is attached to the motor shaft)
> > and let it work its way in from there.  It was an immediate and
> > dramatic improvement.  Only now (about 9 months later) is it starting
> > to get noisy again.
> >
> > Greg Helledy
>
According to the WD-40 website (www.wd40.com/Brands/wd40_faqs.html), it does 
both.

HTH
Tom
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