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On Sunday 24 May 2015 10:50:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > I found that peeling off |
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> > the self adhesive label in the middle and applying a single drop of |
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> > thin oil on the bearing restores them to rude health. I have one here |
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> > which is still running quietly for five years since my intervention |
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> > with an oil can. |
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> Given the cheapness of the fan and the price of the component it |
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> protects, is it worth taking a risk? |
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Right, but talking about cheapness of components, I had nearly new fans making |
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a noise that they shouldn't be making. I've even returned relatively |
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expensive aftermarket coolers because they were poorly manufactured with |
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uneven contact surface for the CPU. What I'm saying is that in today's world |
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of mass marketing and el-cheapo manufacturing, where shaving a penny is a |
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strategy applied not only on the workers' wages but also on the materials and |
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manufacturing process, we are left doing QA ourselves or keeping both pieces |
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of whatever breaks. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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