i built this system myself, so there is no warrantee, i'm afraid. as for voiding the non-existant warrantee, i've already voided it. the power supply is laying open on my table. :)
i'm going to fry's tomorrow to pick up a new fan *and* power supply. if swapping fans works, i'll return the supply. this system is only about a year old. this sucks! pete begin Marc Hasbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unless you're bad at soldering, replacing the fan can > be fairly easy. It does involve opening the power > supply and voiding the warranty. Is the p/s under > warranty? > > Marc > > --- Samuel Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:56:14PM -0700, Peter Jay > > Salzman wrote: > > > power supply fans generally stay on 24/7. right? > > > > > > i have a power supply fan which turns on for the > > first second or two of > > > powering up, then it comes to a stop (but in such > > a way that makes it > > > look like it wants to turn; it dances a bit). > > > > > > if you leave it on for awhile, it'll start > > spinning again (with an > > > audible click. sounds like a switch or relay) but > > only for a few > > > minutes. it'll stop again. and eventually start > > up again. > > > > > > when you power the system off, it rotates a few > > times before coming to a > > > halt. > > > > > > > > > the fan rotates freely when the power is off. > > > > > > any ideas? (aside from buying a new supply). > > > > Sounds to me like you have a variable-speed fan, > > probably > > temperature-controlled, so that it tries to run as > > slowly as possible > > while still keeping the power supply cool. > > > > My guess is that the fan's bearings are starting to > > go out, so when it > > tries to go at one of its slower speeds, you get the > > dancing. Then, the > > power supply heats up, so it goes to a fast speed, > > and starts running > > again, cools the supply, and we start the whole > > cycle over again. > > > > You can often replace just the power-supply fan > > without replacing the old > > supply. They're standard 80mm fans; the only hassle > > might be cutting the > > old power leads and soldering new ones on. > > > > -- > > Samuel Merritt > > PGP key is at > > http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~merritt/snmerritt.asc > > Information about PGP can be found at > > http://www.mindspring.com/~aegreene/pgp/ > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
