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| Thread ID: 116888 | 2011-03-24 17:22:00 | Faulty Fan in PSU Power Supply | mark1978 (13845) | Press F1 |
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| 1189052 | 2011-03-24 17:22:00 | Okay! So after investigating where the noise in the morning is coming from it is with curtain that the noise is the PSU fan, so not the CPU as previously suspected.. I have looked at the PSU Power supply from the inside and it says.. "ISO Switching Power Supply" 420W (Probably some cheap generic brand lol) I have tried googling this brand without luck.. What to do now?? Should I replace the fan only?? Or the whole thing?? I don have a lot of knowledge about the power supplies but my first thought was just to replace the fan (If it is that easy that is!) Any suggestions?? |
mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1189053 | 2011-03-24 19:02:00 | You can replace the fans but I'd throw it and buy a decent, quality PSU. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1189054 | 2011-03-24 19:35:00 | Changing a PSU fan can be easy - depends on how they are attached. Some simply have a plug that you pull out, unscrew the fan and replace - others have the leads soldered to a circuit board, which is a little more time consuming and you need some soldering skills to replace. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1189055 | 2011-03-24 20:02:00 | And some, if not all PSUs, can have a large residual current even when unplugged. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1189056 | 2011-03-24 20:49:00 | Darn, sooooo, my request to you guys is... What kind PSU are you recommending to me??? My motherboard is an Asus KPL-AM/PS |
mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1189057 | 2011-03-24 21:05:00 | Corsair is a good brand, Silvertone also. If budget is a concern and it's not a high end PC then coolermaster and AcBel have PSU's under $100 that are ok - probably exagerate their rating like all cheapie PSU's though. I have a Silverstone strider 600W that had the factory fan go faulty, I soldered a 3 pin socket into the 2 wires attached to the circuit board and plugged a spare case fan I had lying around into it. It probaly spins at a different speen and moves a different amount of air to the original but it's been working for more than a year :) I can now also plug any 3 pin fan in if it ever fails again. |
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