Lubricate fans?
Hi,
I have a 2009 2.66GHz Quad core MacPro. I've had it from new and it's been very reliable. Just recently a friend asked me to take a look at his MacBook Pro as the fans were making a lot of noise. I managed to squirt a small amount of silicon lubricant into the fans and it has made a big improvement although it's still not as quiet as it once was.
Now that my MacPro is approaching four years old and is used every day I was wondering if I should pre-emptively lubricate the main cooling fans to reduce wear or are these larger fans in the MacPro better more durable than the tiny fans found in the MacBookPro laptops and I'm worrying unecessarily?
Are they easy to remove? I'm reluctant to lubricate them in case they throw any lubricant off into the surroundings of the MacPro but at the same time want to prolong the life of one of the only moving parts in the machine other than the hard drives.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
Dave.
Mac Pro (Early 2009), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), www.DaveGaskellPictures.com