Hey Ogg;
-=> Ogg wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Og> My T40p is laying dormant for a while. It needs a new cpu fan,
Og> and probably some cleaning in the side vent. Sometimes it fails
Og> to boot with a "Fan warning.." message. Sometimes I can just
Og> blow gently through the side vent to force the fan to spin for
Og> a few seconds.. and then the boot works. But the fan still
Og> remains a bit noisy.
I've had that on occasion where I've had to take a huge breath and blow
as hard as I could underneath to get the fan to torque up... and then you can
hear the bearings making noise. I -could- open it up and work some WD40 or the
likes into it but it's only a bandaid, and opening those cases is not a fun
task. I'd rather do it the right way and replace it - if I can find any!
Og> The plan is to dedicate the machine as my Spotify server
Og> connected to my hifi. I love a room-filling sound from my
Og> floor speakers. I would take the laptop to my shop to access
Og> the DSL, fetch the tunes I want, and then play things "offline"
Og> when I'm home.
Nice! That's somewhat similar to what I do with one of DSL.net's old mail
servers <G> (yes a former employer - I was in the NOC) It's an IBM Netfinity
5000 with Raid 5/SCSI drives. Sounds like a 747 getting ready for take-off!..
but the hot-swap raid is nice for hosting all my music. I have a very low
power FM Stereo transmitter in it so I can crank it up on my 70's audiophile
Marantz, but when people who've never been here want to come I tell them drive
slow on my street and when you hear music at 92.9 FM, you're here. Sometimes
I catch people sitting in front tuned in parked - jamming a song or two before
taking off again. I could set it up in the attic and gain a bit of ERP ;->
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