On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 02:50:15PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > For those of you who dont wanna download the jpg, there was a dragon fly > > broach inside the psu stopping the psu fan from spinning! > > I'd be interested to know how it got in there if you ever work it out. Is > the machine in a general-access space, or stuck off in a corner where people > shouldn't be going? ermm, its in the corner of my bedroom, but it is directly under a large window which is open 80% of the time.
> Also, don't be too surprised if the fan is cactus after removal - > IIRC, the motors in most of those fans rely on the movement to limit the > current. No movement, no current limiting, and hence a very quickly dead > fan... I have some spare psu bits (including fan) do you recon its worth replacing the fan? or just stick an alternative psu? thanks, hugh
