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Well if the wd-40 did not work there is another cheap fix.
Use mineral oil. The oil is non conductive, i have had a whole entire setup minus the hdd and dvd drives in a fish tank of it. But for your case that would be a little extreme, no noise at least.
Fill a Tupperware container with about 3in of mineral oil then sink the end with the fan into the container. let it sit for five minutes then pull it out and let it dry or at least stop dripping and put back in.
I have done this with fans that were noise and slow but after this they worked just like new.
you will have to do this once a year at least to keep them working.
That's way too much oil. Just put a drop on the bearing and that should be enough