For anyone that doesn't know, Rem oil is for cleaning/lubricating gun parts. It is a very light oil and it dries very fast.
My power supply fan on my computer has been making a lot of noise recently, so I took my computer apart in order to clean it. Only one problem, it wasn't dirty. There was like 1 lil bitty fuzzball stuck to it's exterior, but other than that it was spotless.
I jiggled it a bit...aha! burnt out "bearings". I mean it's been spinning non-stop for like 5 years. Parts don't last forever. I thought about it a bit. There is no way to actually fix it. To disassemble the fan is to break it and I don't have replacement parts anyway. However, I want to get it to be quiet even if I just dump this comp in a month and get a new one.
Rem oil to the rescue! I squirted a little juice (as best I could) into the only space in the assembly, spun it a few times, wiped it off and put my computer back together. I let it sit for a few minutes in the hopes that it will dry before I plug it back in.
The moment of truth....[power] horrible sound that lasted less than a second and then absolute quiet. "Is it even spinning?" I wondered. A quick check with a pen light revealed that it was in fact spinning... very quietly. A lighter placed by the "exhaust" area revealed that it is not only spinning quietly, It is spinning powerfully.
That's my little story. I fixed (maybe temporarily) a garbage part with nothing but a squirt of Rem Oil.
My power supply fan on my computer has been making a lot of noise recently, so I took my computer apart in order to clean it. Only one problem, it wasn't dirty. There was like 1 lil bitty fuzzball stuck to it's exterior, but other than that it was spotless.
I jiggled it a bit...aha! burnt out "bearings". I mean it's been spinning non-stop for like 5 years. Parts don't last forever. I thought about it a bit. There is no way to actually fix it. To disassemble the fan is to break it and I don't have replacement parts anyway. However, I want to get it to be quiet even if I just dump this comp in a month and get a new one.
Rem oil to the rescue! I squirted a little juice (as best I could) into the only space in the assembly, spun it a few times, wiped it off and put my computer back together. I let it sit for a few minutes in the hopes that it will dry before I plug it back in.
The moment of truth....[power] horrible sound that lasted less than a second and then absolute quiet. "Is it even spinning?" I wondered. A quick check with a pen light revealed that it was in fact spinning... very quietly. A lighter placed by the "exhaust" area revealed that it is not only spinning quietly, It is spinning powerfully.
That's my little story. I fixed (maybe temporarily) a garbage part with nothing but a squirt of Rem Oil.
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