On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Adrian Graham wrote: > Trying to source a non-DEC fan for a 4100 CPU since getting them in the UK > is more and more tricky as time goes on. The originals are 12V 0.17A 60mm > 3-wire and I've found some almost-identical-but-not-quite 0.18A variants. > Needed to rewire the plugs to match (12V, sense, gnd) but the machine > reports 'CPU0 Fan Fail' despite the fact the fan is running at speed.
I too found I could not find a sufficiently similar fan to run in a 4100 without being seen as a fan failure so I ended up rebuilding them. These are fans have replaceable bearings so I took mine apart, measured the bearings with calipers, and purchased a dozen replacements from a random web bearing supplier. That was three or four years ago, if I hunt very hard then I might the name of the vendor and the part number but right now my basement office is in boxes as we clean up renovate after a burst water pipe. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV, Unix System Administrator : "Anybody can be a father Athabasca University : but you have to earn Athabasca, Alberta Canada : the title of 'daddy'" ** richar...@admin.athabascau.ca ** : - Lynn Johnston
