Hi, You're talking about the chip fan and they too can beoiled in the same way. There is however another one, in the power supply. Again you should have some basic knowledge about electrical things and a fair bit of mechanical aptitude. The power supply dismounts from the case with 4 screws, the cover of the supply comes off with 4 flat-head Phillips screws, the fan is mounted to the back of the supply behind the grill with 4 plastic-tapping screws of a fairly large diameter. Taking out a supply means disconnecting the 40-pin motherboard connector, probably a 4-pin p4 connector, all power cables to your hard drive and floppy, and well make sure you know what you are doing before trying this at home. Once you've done it a couple of times it's cake.
Jon Jon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 7:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Computer with broken fan It can fry it. There are two fans: The PC fan, and the motherboard fan. The computer tries to save itself, but there is only so much it can do. The PC fan can be fixed (by a replacement fan) fairly easily. When the motherboard fan goes, so does the motherboard; and that all takes longer and is more expensive. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann byrne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 2:14 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Computer with broken fan I am working on a computer with a non-functioning fan. It operates really slowly. This is the same one that takes 90 seconds to load JAWS at start-up. Can the heat from not having a fan slow down the computer? Is it trying to save itself from committing suicide???? Thanks. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [email protected]
