I'm considering stopping my PSU fan

[CrispyFried]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: ketchup79

Originally posted by: Bar81
It's your own PSU's death. I've had my PSU fan die before and it's bye bye PSU within about 30sec.

That is total BS. You can stop the fan for a few minutes with no ill effects. The fans on my Antec TruePower died and it was a couple days before I noticed.

You cannot stop the fan for days and leave it running with any kind of stress. There is a reason that fan is in there.

If Seasonic is too loud for you the only way to get quieter is to go fanless. Seasonic is already as quiet as you get. Dont be fooled, SilenX is horrible.

-Kevin

Originally posted by: CrispyFried
While stopping it isnt a good idea, a friend of mine had her Compaq ps fan die (locked up), she ran it for about 2 months that way, 8-12 hours a day. I couldnt bekieve it, but it ran and survived. No other fans in the case either.

That Compaqs ps was a 200 watt and it powered a minimal machine (1 hd, 1 CDRW, 1.6 P4a and 256 megs ram. built in everything else). But it worked with no fan for weeks. She did say it would crash now and then.. but she used it everyday.

I certainly wouldnt recommend it but there ya go.

 

[jose]

OP,

How do you plan to stop the fan from spinning ? Jam a pencil in it ?? Hope you don't rma anything that burns up .

The best solution is get some ps2 extentions and put the computer in another room. Not to complicated..

 

[JDCentral]

The PSU is probably the most important part of your system - I wouldn't mess with it. Your PSU may just overheat/die, but it may short, or something - possibly frying other components, as well (ICs aren't usually manufactured to handle a ton of excess current).

I mean... $120 is a LOT of a PSU, but it's cheaper than a new system. Also... if acoustics are very important, why not just move the system ?

 

[DerelictDev]

Dont stop the fan. If the PSU doesnt have automatic overheat shutoff or some kind of mechanism to protect it then you may pop a capacitor and have some really bad problems later on. Even PSU's with overheating protection still may not shut it off before you burn a resistor or pop a capacitor. Not worth it, change the fan or buy a quieter psu..