To be honest, I'd replace the power supply. Once the fan has failed, the guts of it have been operating outside of their rated temperature for an unknown period of time. Chainging the PSU is of the same order of complexity as changing the fan, and the near future hassle factor saved for me is worth the extra cash.
Other than than, you might get another fan from local Asian computer store. Case fans seem to cost less than PSU fans, even though they are the same thing and don't come with a metal bracket. I paid a whole $12 for my last one. Vik :v) On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 20:04, Andrew Gordon wrote: > Not totally off topic as the computer does have Linux on it, but > anyway now how much some people on the list like hacking computer > bits. The fan in the power supply of one of my computers started > being noisy now and again. Then it started being noisy all the time. > Then it went back to being quiet. Which was much better except it > also wasn't moving much in the way of air. So I swapped the fan with > one out of another computer that I wasn't using (except it was to > deep so it had to go on the outside of the case). This fan moves > lots of air. To much in fact. It is quite loud. Any detailed > suggestions for slowing it down? It's 12v and around 0.1something > amps, can't remember exactly. Variable resistor thingy? rating (DSE > cat number :-) ), wired how? > > > Andrew ---- Him my fat leathery arse to kiss I told. -- Angry Yoda
