How to maintain your fans, Also how to succesfully perform fan surgery

D4S4 · May 12, 2011

somebody try some grease with molybdenum disulphide additive - i know this stuff work UTTERLY AWESOME on almost every part of my bike, haven't tried it on the fans though

Peter1986C · May 12, 2011

I think this should be stickied.

Mussels · Jul 26, 2011

latest updates to this thread have improved it greatly.

For now at least, yes i think its worth a sticky. Someone will need to PM a mod of this section (no, that is NOT me)

Athlonite · Jul 26, 2011

this is the remains of a fan that came on my HD5770 from HIS

it was queer as there wasn't and actual oil hole and it was so brittle I broke it whilst trying to prise it apart and the other thing it only lasted 8 months before jamming so tight you couldn't even spin it by hand

micropage7 · Jul 26, 2011

Athlonite said:
this is the remains of a fan that came on my HD5770 from HIS

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...lScreen/Bottom Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...FullScreen/Top Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

it was queer as there wasn't and actual oil hole and it was so brittle I broke it whilst trying to prise it apart and the other thing it only lasted 8 months before jamming so tight you couldn't even spin it by hand

sorry to hear that

de.das.dude · Jul 26, 2011

Athlonite said:
this is the remains of a fan that came on my HD5770 from HIS

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...lScreen/Bottom Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...FullScreen/Top Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

it was queer as there wasn't and actual oil hole and it was so brittle I broke it whilst trying to prise it apart and the other thing it only lasted 8 months before jamming so tight you couldn't even spin it by hand

OMG thats a completely different type of fan, silly!
you could have RMA'd it to get a new card!

specks · Jul 26, 2011

Athlonite said:
this is the remains of a fan that came on my HD5770 from HIS

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...lScreen/Bottom Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...FullScreen/Top Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

it was queer as there wasn't and actual oil hole and it was so brittle I broke it whilst trying to prise it apart and the other thing it only lasted 8 months before jamming so tight you couldn't even spin it by hand

Isnt that a squirrel cage fan?

_JP_ · Jul 26, 2011

I need to upload the pics I have, from my noiseblocker.

de.das.dude · Jul 26, 2011

specks said:
Isnt that a squirrel cage fan?

yes, it a blower type fan.

squirrel cage refers to the electrical type of motor.

AsRock · Jul 26, 2011

Athlonite said:
this is the remains of a fan that came on my HD5770 from HIS

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...lScreen/Bottom Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

https://by1.storage.live.com/items/...FullScreen/Top Remains.JPG?psid=1&ck=0&ex=720

it was queer as there wasn't and actual oil hole and it was so brittle I broke it whilst trying to prise it apart and the other thing it only lasted 8 months before jamming so tight you couldn't even spin it by hand

Fan ran dry and got to hot which when it stopped it seized like a engine would do.. Unless it was so much dust allowed in which dried it up and that made it to stop.

Does show how cheap they are made though.

Athlonite · Jul 27, 2011

The shop I bought it from is owned by chinks and they didn't want to know about RMA so I turned them into the consumer affairs dept and they're dealing to them...

no it's not an squirrel cage fan it's was this type below

and no it wasn't caused by dust my RV02 has dust filters

It's just cheap ass Chinese piece of junk fan which HIS wanted me to send back to them the whole card at my expense stuff that $50 + a god knows how long a wait to get it back

de.das.dude · Jul 27, 2011

yes. i am sure there was something wrong with the plastic. you see when a plastic has too much of hardeners in it or are exposed to excess heat when cooling and molding, they become brittle and powdery like so.

also sneekypeet is considering stickying this thread, so its a good time to voice your opinions.
if this gets stickied, i would have finally done something worthwhile in my life.

Peter1986C · Jul 27, 2011

sticky-sticky!
Because de.das.dude is awesome and so is this thread.

de.das.dude · Jul 27, 2011

Chevalr1c said:
sticky-sticky!
Because de.das.dude is awesome and so is this thread.

omg youre so awesome!!!

DDDDDDD

theJesus · Aug 5, 2011

de.das.dude said:
also sneekypeet is considering stickying this thread, so its a good time to voice your opinions.
if this gets stickied, i would have finally done something worthwhile in my life.

~~Put better pics in the OP. Maybe ask other users who have posted if you can use theirs?~~

Oops, I didn't actually check the OP again lol

de.das.dude · Aug 5, 2011

i did put better ones!
even mussels said its nice enough.

theJesus · Aug 5, 2011

de.das.dude said:
i did put better ones!
even mussels said its nice enough.

Post edited.

de.das.dude · Aug 5, 2011

theJesus said:
Post edited.

yes. thanks for enlightening my thread with your holyness.

TRWOV · Aug 16, 2011

I once used dry silicone with a noisy fan and seems to work well. We'll see how long it lasts.

de.das.dude · Oct 31, 2011

up up and away!

Irony · Oct 31, 2011

My rig is all new, so I don't have any loud fans yet. but this is always good to know

mediasorcerer · Nov 1, 2011

Great stuff das, ive been wondering exactly whats under the sticker, though i had a fair idea of course,ie the armature and copper windings, so theres a circlip on the axle it looks like, i wonder if graphite would be good lubricant as it doest accumulate dust as badly i dont think, sometimes lithium[may not be lithium but its white] grease is used in electronics i think, i use a vaccuum cleaner on my gear with the brush attached, they attract dust maybe because moving plastic might create static charge and the airflow is in a vortex that may swirl towards the centre at a guess ?
Great bit of info!
ps, I used your tweak guide too off steam a while back, that was very handy!

de.das.dude · Nov 14, 2011

poll time

wanna redo this thread as i have a nice camera now, but only if others want it

BlackOmega · Nov 14, 2011

very nice write up das! :rockout:

de.das.dude · Nov 14, 2011

thanks and just noticed this thread has 10000 views :OOOOOO

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How to maintain your fans, Also how to succesfully perform fan surgery

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Yes (will re write thread with better pics and stuff.

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