Any suggestions, please? -UPDATE - BUT NO JOY -- RESOLVED....WELL SORT OF......

[Basil Chupin]

On 17/10/2010 20:35, Christopher Chan wrote:
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>> Spent the evening reading RED MARS, had several bottles of wine (maybe
>> more....can't recall), cried a bit on the pretzels, went to bed.....
>> Woke up in the middle of the night - and concluded that there is
>> something wrong with the *power switch* on the Antec case.
>>
>> After I got up and found the cleanest dirty shirt, I tested the switch
>> with the multimeter. No sign of life. So I sprayed the switch with CRC
>> 2-26 - and everything started to work: to whirr and spin and grind,
>> except for the video card fan[1].
>>
>> But now I have 2x 120mm and an 80mm fans spinning at full speed 'cause
>> the psu can't control them like the original (Antec 550watt) psu could -
>> it all sounds like the Red Baron is revving up for a take-off! :-) . But
>> I can get mail, I can post, I can browse.... What else is there in life?
>>
>> [1] In another thread - I think it's in the offtopic list - I mentioned
>> that I used to lubricate fans with molybdenum past. Well this one was,
>> but what I discovered is that the paste had hardened (?from heat) and
>> the fan would not spin. I had to take it apart, clean it and lubricate it.
>>
>>      
> Don't know whether to say Bravo! or ROTL
>    

I will hold off commenting on the above until you next starting talking 
about HD operating temperatures......

:-)

BC

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