[SunHELP] FCO #A0089-1 only on five-bladed fans?

[Bran Tregare]

they have never asked me the # of blades on the fan


At 03:05 PM 7/26/01 +0100, you wrote:

>I have resurrected those brushless fan motors through judicious application
>of small amounts of light oil on the spindles. Usually there's a label over
>the end of the spindle which you can remove to reveal a circlip. Pop this
>and the unit comes apart. Oil the spindle and bearings and re-assemble. Some
>units use sealed bearings in which case you could be stuffed. Look and
>learn.
>
>Cheers
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl-Johan Schenstrom [mailto:cjs at bluebox.pp.se]
>Sent: 26 July 2001 10:30
>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>Subject: [SunHELP] FCO #A0089-1 only on five-bladed fans?
>
>
>
>I've got an Ultra 1 in which, not surprisingly, the CPU fan has failed.
>The fan has seven blades. I called Sun here in Sweden to have it replaced
>but they told me that the FCO only applies to five-bladed fans.
>
>Has anyone else succeeded in getting a replacement for a seven-bladed fan?
>If not, what are my alternatives? Buying from Sun? Third-party? Can I use
>a fan for an Intel system? If so, should it be designed for a 486 or a
>Pentium?
>
>The fan runs if I help it a bit. Does this imply that it's possible to
>repair it, or would this just be wasted effort?
>
>Thanks!
>
>//cjs
>
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