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  • Aleksi
    Member
    • Aug 2006
    • 20

    #1

    About fans and bearings...

    Thought I'd paste a link to a FAQ made by Dorothy Bradbury



    Really good reading for most people, might help people with the loads of BS used by fan relabellers and websites pushing them, like lifetime figures and what the bearings really are.
  • Galvanized
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Mar 2006
    • 468

    #2
    Re: About fans and bearings...

    Wow! Lots of info with more to be added. I gave it a slow looking over and saved the link.
    Thank you for the post.

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    • Aleksi
      Member
      • Aug 2006
      • 20

      #3
      Re: About fans and bearings...

      Hi Galvanized,

      my pleasure! I'll post here when it's updated in the future.

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      • bgavin
        Badcaps Legend
        • Jan 2007
        • 1355

        #4
        Re: About fans and bearings...

        Thanks for the link. I have added that excellent PDF to my reference library.

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        • montanaro
          New Member
          • Sep 2006
          • 1

          #5
          Re: About fans and bearings...

          Thanks man,that was one good pdf! It's hard to find bearing and lifetime info.

          I'm using panaflo over my cpu and i almost can't hear it...the only noise i can hear comes
          from my vga cooler, currently dying
          6 successful recaps!!

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          • Aleksi
            Member
            • Aug 2006
            • 20

            #6
            Re: About fans and bearings...

            Hi guys,

            it seems she has made progress on the FAQ, part 2 is up.

            http://www.dorothybradbury.co.uk/FAQ.htm

            -Aleksi

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