Subj : How far I've come... To : All From : poindexter FORTRAN Date : Sun Jan 22 2023 09:38 am The fans on my Synology NAS were acting up, and so I bought some replacement fans. I figured for grins I'd try and open it up and lubricate the old fans, see if that would make a difference in the month it'll take to get the new ones via slow boat from China. Took off the case with 5 screws. The back panel came off with another 3. Fans were held in place by 4 nylon screws per fan. Removed the fans, did a deep de-dusting of the fans, heat sinks and inside the chassis, then carefully removed the labels from the fans and put 2 drops of oil into each fan's axle. Everything went back together, the fans are quieter, the fan that would stop working momentarily is working normally, and I didn't break anything or have screws left over! .... Abandon desire --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 þ Synchronet þ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :. .