OT: processor fan question

[Robert N. Eaton]

Vaughn Treude wrote:
> Hello everyone:
> Here's a hardware question for you.  I have a machine running a 900 MHz
> Athlon.  Its processor fan is making lots of noise and sounds like it's
> about to die.  I tried to find a new Socket A-style heat sink at Fry's
> but they didn't have this ancient piece of hardware.  On the good side,
> the dying fan on this heat since is a standard size (60 mm), and is
> fastened to the heat sink with screws.  Is there any I shouldn't just
> replace the fan with a new one?  The reason I ask is because the old fan
> has weird blades - smaller than on a standard fan, and more of them. 
> The new fan, however, seems to blow much more air than the old one does
> (this was with its back to the floor, to simulate the restriction of the
> heat sink.) My theory is that the smaller blades may make the cooling
> more uniform, but I don't know if a 900 MHz processor is all that hot
> that I even have to worry about it.
> Vaughn
>
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I've replaced the processor fan a couple of times. I just replaced it 
with one that fits, and the second time I looked around for a ball 
bearing fan.  They seen to last longer.

Bob Eaton