Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:53:31 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: rflynn@acsalaska.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Computer issues Message-ID: <20120423195331.732548cc@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <50819.46.129.107.107.1335185486.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net> References: <50819.46.129.107.107.1335185486.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net>
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:51:26 -0800 (AKDT) rflynn@acsalaska.net wrote: > Hi, > > as some of you might have noticed, I've been absent lately. On a > reboot my CPU fan decided to stop working. I should have a > replacement computer in one or two weeks. Until then, my access is > rather limited and without access to BSD. Have you tried opening up the case and dusting off the fan? This has happened to me before (I nearly had a heart attack when it did!), and after opening up the case and dusting off the fan blades, voila! It started working again. I'm a heavy cigarette smoker, so my computer is hardly in the healthiest environment for it. Periodic cleaning does help, though. YMMV, of course. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net
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