From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Nov 15 09:51:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA02881 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:51:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhost.PII.COM (pii.com [192.77.209.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA02870 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:51:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from PII.COM by PII.COM (4.1/SMI-4.4) id AA29631; Fri, 15 Nov 96 09:50:53 PST Received: by smtp with Microsoft Mail id <328CAD45@smtp>; Fri, 15 Nov 96 09:49:57 PST From: Robert Clark To: freebsd-isp Subject: Re: Router Purchase - the bottom line Date: Fri, 15 Nov 96 09:49:00 PST Message-Id: <328CAD45@smtp> Encoding: 34 TEXT X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The Pabst ball bearing fans are great for power supplies. (Although replacing a power supplies' fan might invalidate the UL rating.) (Or its non-American equivalent.) I think they go for approx 30$, depending on how good of a deal you can get. The part most likely to fail in PC power supplies, is the fan. We replace the fan on new systems, as soon as we take them out of the shipping box, if they are going into pseudo-critical situations. [RC] ---------- From: owner-freebsd-isp To: rgrimes Cc: jdd; ulf; dror; isp Subject: Re: Router Purchase - the bottom line Date: Friday, November 15, 1996 10:34AM > > * CPU fan failures. About 10-15% have failed in a year. > > Start using these: > XX. MER PCP-9005 CPU-Cool 1.9" for A80502 Ball Bearing Clip 5 yr wrnty $ 18.00 > > They (PC Power and Cooling) also make fans for 486's and Pentium PRO's, > all are ball bearing, all come with a 5 year warranty. I have seen 4 > bad units, all at incoming inspection, out of 100's of units sold. Hi Rod, What about case and power supply fans? Any recommendations? ... JG