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<div><br></div><div>...or just unplug the fan if it's a concern! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><span style="font-size: 14.1345px;">-Damon</span></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> <br>Date: 2016/03/31 12:10 PM (GMT-06:00) <br>To: "shop-talk@autox.team.net" <Shop-talk@autox.team.net> <br>Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] blue screen problems... need the gurus <br><br>I've heard that it can damage the bearings...though I've never really<br>managed to do that, that I know of...<br><br><br><br>On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Tony Vaccaro <tvacc@lotusowners.com> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John<br>> T. Blair<br>> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 6:55 AM<br>> To: shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>> While I see the logic in this, I have never had that thought. I have been<br>> working on computers for 35 years. Blown out hundreds of computers.<br>> Sometimes I block the fan, sometimes I don’t, but if I do it is only to not<br>> damage the fan and I just usually do it on Laptops as the fans are much more<br>> fragile.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I have never had a computer fail to restart (which damaging the CPU would<br>> do) after blowing it out. My blower is super powerful and I used to use<br>> compressed air. I would spin those suckers right up.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I would suspect there is a crowbar circuit in the CPU logic circuitry to<br>> prevent this from happening.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I am not saying that this is not possible, just in all my years I have never<br>> seen it happen and I have seen most other computer related stuff happen. Not<br>> much I have missed.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Tony V<br>><br>><br>><br>> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] blue screen problems... need the gurus<br>><br>><br>><br>> At 10:01 PM 3/30/2016, Brian Kemp wrote:<br>><br>>>John - You may have a dust problem. Remove the power cord and open the<br>>>computer. Take a shop vac that blows or some compressed air and clean<br>>> things<br>>>out. It is best to do this outside.<br>><br>> John,<br>><br>> If you blow down the inside of the computer with compressed air, put a<br>> finger on<br>> the fan on the CPU. You don't want it to turn. The compressed air can spin<br>> up<br>> the fan a lot faster than it is supposed to run. So a DC motor being turned<br>> externally becomes a generator, and spinning faster then design speed causes<br>> it<br>> to output a higher voltage than it runs on. This overvoltage is being<br>> applied back<br>> to the mother board and can back feed the CPU and cause it to fail.<br>><br>> John<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>><br>> Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br>> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>> Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>> Unsubscribe/Manage:<br>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/fishplate@gmail.com<br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bottorff25@verizon.net<br><br></body></html>