<p>For the cost of a good high-quality fan ($7-14) I replace the usually poor one that ships with the computer if I have spent the time to open the case. The savings in power and noise are bonus on top of the more efficient cooling you get with a better designed unit.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 22, 2013 2:37 PM, "Michael Proctor-Smith" <<a href="mailto:mproctor13@gmail.com">mproctor13@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Personally I would not put any of the those <font face="arial, sans-serif">lubricants on a computer fan if you want it to keep working. I the fan is probably sealed and if it is not it probably uses grease or solid(powder) and the liquid is going to displace that. Most of the time just cleaning out the dust bunnies and or cat hair will be enough to get it working well again. </font><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Also if blowing out the fan hold the fan in place while blowing instead of letting air stream spin the fan.</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Mic Chow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zen@netten.net" target="_blank">zen@netten.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I agree with Scoops. WD-40 is NOT a lubricant. The WD stands for Water Displacement. It is supposed to be an aid for dealing with rusty bolts and screws. 3-in-1 or some other thin oil or silicon base lubricant would be much better. <br>
<br></div>As for more books for people interested in getting into Electronics. I have been mention an author/engineer named Forest M. Mims III. <br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims</a><br>
<br></div>Here is a location for a bunch of PDFs of his books:<br><a href="http://bookos.org/g/Forrest%20M%20Mims" target="_blank">http://bookos.org/g/Forrest%20M%20Mims</a><br><br></div>I suggest starting with Getting Started in Electronics. <br>
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<br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Mic<br><br></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Scoops Adamczyk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scoops@caltech.edu" target="_blank">scoops@caltech.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Aug 22, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Lan Dang <<a href="mailto:l.dang@ymail.com" target="_blank">l.dang@ymail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi Scoops,<br>
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> That would be great.<br>
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> There is no agenda, just different groups of people working on stuff.<br>
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> I will bring a trunkload of salvaged hard drives that people can practice disassembling. They are 3.5" drives that hold less than 10GB.<br>
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> What tools do you recommend people bring? Is a small phillips screwdriver good enough?<br>
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> Lan<br>
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</div>Most "modern" (after ~1990) drives use Torx ("hexalobular internal") screws, mostly T9. Some internal screws can be smaller. So Torx numbers T9 and T7, sometimes T6, and for the 2.5" drives sometimes as small as T4.<br>
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