On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 21:50 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 11:05 +0000, David Fletcher wrote: > > Friday afternoon after work I unplugged everything, removed the > > covers and took it out into the back garden. None too gently blasted > > the crap out of it with the air compressor and blow gun. Best to hold > > the fan blades still whilst doing this I think otherwise they spin up > > to fantastic speeds in the high velocity air blast from the > > compressor. > > But then you don't get to hear the sound like a fair ground siren! But > seriously, I do wonder whether it will cause any harm by the fans > whizzing around. I've deliberately done that to some fans, and haven't > noticed a problem, yet... Now his Day Lilies in the garden are going to segfault and refuse to boot in the morning. Ric