From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 24 06:42:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6981065670 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:42:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jankyj@unfs.us) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.83.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F798FC12 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:42:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.83.29]) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF6485B0AE; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:32:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org ([206.225.83.29]) by localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.83.29]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 59903-05; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (mx2.purplehat.org [98.245.232.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ek@purplehat.org) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2D3D85B0A8; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F964903.3010409@unfs.us> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:32:35 -0600 From: Janketh Jay User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120329 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" References: <50819.46.129.107.107.1335185486.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net> <20120423195331.732548cc@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20120423195331.732548cc@cox.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard Cc: rflynn@acsalaska.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Computer issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:42:12 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 04/23/2012 06:53 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > 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. :-) > That's actually pretty funny. My dad always has the same issue. He just can't resist chain smoking while on the computer. I've had to replace numerous parts on his machine due to overheating caused by dust and other sticky buildup. It really does make a difference to hit with an air compressor from time to time... Regards, Janky Jay, III -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+WSP8ACgkQGK3MsUbJZn7COwCfckoBkQ0Lz0ykQTyHxYxAOqXM 5noAnA3e3h6mruHLN2ElFBDGtEhSQ2al =Acm4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----