Hey folks,
The other day, my trusty and dusty Cel. 300a running at 533mhz gave a temp warning.
I opened the case to find the fan stalled.
I was a bit annoyed as I thought I had bought a desent fan/heatsink. The fan boasted ball bearings and a wonderfully huge heatsink.
Seems that the fan stating that it was a "ball bearing" type was a bit of an "untruth". The fan had "1" ball bearing and one "bushing" style bearing. The bushing failed and soon after the ball bearing did.
So...a bit of a warning is in order.
Simply stating that the fan is "ball bearing" can be misleading as in my case. The fan performed well for about a year.
Any ways, keep tabs on those fans folks, they do die and die silently. My system board (Asus) had its alarm set to 130 (f) and after an hour of on time...it went off. My whole case cooling approach keept CPU temps from getting out of line and gave me ample time to correct a problem. Watch those fans!
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