Well...I guess it takes/took 10 days or so of over 30c weather... but after x years of almost permanent running my V8 Coolermaster fan decided to bugger off and go troppo.
It's not like it was ever an issue.....until a shutdown/reboot ...cos I never shutdown.....
But then silly old me did.
So the fan said time for a holiday and shut up shop.
I got it kick-started one time with some compressed air and a poking or three....
...but today it said 'no way, Jose, find some other poor sucker..' [or in this case....blower].
Fortunatement I'd had a wee chat with yrag and he'd suggested a spiffy thing made by Noctua....yes, wait for it.....
...a FAN.
So I had just received a pair of 'em just this same day....fortuitous or what?
Now....my system was still failing to boot....BIOS having a hissy-fit that the CPU fan was having 'issues' namely it was AWOL.
So....not to be outdone I unplugged the fan from the V8 and plugged in the new trendy NF-F12 and figured...hey, no sweat...I'll just plonk it on top of the V8....it can do its blowing from there.....
And the system is a happy chappy....as I type this....fan hanging half out of the case....temps on average DOWN 6c.
Who needs to fit the thing actually INTO-THE-COOLER?
System won't know itself when I put both of them in.....PROPERLY....