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| Thread ID: 46897 | 2004-07-09 04:59:00 | Fan maintenance | Greg S (201) | Press F1 |
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| 250902 | 2004-07-09 04:59:00 | I assembled my first home built PC (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) last year, and realise now it was a bit on the cheap-side, quality-wise. The built-in PSU extractor fan has been noisy for a while, and the front-panel fan has slowly seemed to lose speed. I noticed a great article on Dan's Data (wwwdansdata.com) here (http:) about re-lubricating the fans. A delicate exercise, but... it worked for me. The case side fan was just blowing less and less per month... my m/b didn't even recognise it's speed, but after I re-lubed it, now it gives a reasonable output again. The PSU output fan was harder to do... opening the case and opening the PSU casing was a carefully done thing. Careful.... remember what connections connect to where! The worst was what side up was the damn PSU/fan placement! You don't want tiny oil bits flinging arond the place inside your box! End result - my cheap PSU extract fan is now not only sounding more balanced, but it's a fair bit quieter too. Anyway... many PF1'ers are hot on software and hardware, but I dunno if many do a fan lube job! hehe So if I can give any advice after my own experiences, please ask. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 250903 | 2004-07-09 05:19:00 | Nice one Greg :) I see you have an iCute case as well, I think my PSU (320W) fan is a bit noisy as well, but I plan to upgrade it in the near future to a better quality/quieter PSU. I recently took the oil to my graphic card fan as it was not spinnng too well (you could hear the tone of it rise and drop) and it is now whirling away quite happily again. You have to remove the fan completely and then peel back the covering sticker underneath to apply the oil. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 250904 | 2004-07-09 05:55:00 | Thx Jen >you could hear the tone of it rise and drop That's an indicative sign of bearing wear-and-tear that will lead to failure sooner or later |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 250905 | 2004-07-09 06:38:00 | Try and get instrument oil containing silicon. We use it all the time. Not too cheap. Most fans use sleeve bearings. Not good. If you replace fan get ball bearing type. Trade Tech have it. Ak and ChC. X10-S Eric |
OldEric (3062) | ||
| 250906 | 2004-07-09 12:03:00 | The fans on this case are ball-bearing type - I can't imagine how tiny the balls must be! I used a lite 3-in-one oil, but the idea to use a silicon sort is a good tip for the future. Thx |
Greg S (201) | ||
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