Power Supply Fan

[quinn]

hello everyone,

i am looking for information about power supplies and their fans. My PS is only 4months old and the fan doesn't seem to want to spin anymore... my system is an athlon 800 w/ a 300w power supply.. i'm wondering how long it would take (if at all ) a PS to burn out/cause problems.

I am looking into getting a new fan to replace the old one in the PS... can anyone give me adivce on changing the fan?

thanks a lot.

 

[frover2000]

Looks like got a defective fan dude, it should still be under warranty. But if you don't want to bother rma-ing it you can due the procedure yourself.

The procedure to replace it is pretty straight forward. First youremove the PS from your case, pop off the metal cover, remove the old fan by cutting the leads and removing the screws. Then drop a new one in and wire it back up.. voila, it's that simple.

 

[interchange]

Power supplies I've dealt with all had 2-pin connectors inside of them, so make sure you have that as a replacement. Additionally, it's very important to have a PS Fan that's at minimum as powerful as the one before it.

 

[jamarno]

Power supplies can usually tolerate the heat of running without a fan, but when the fan fails it usually makes the inside of the computer too hot, and I have seen hard drives fail because of this.

If your fan doesn't plug into a socket and requires solder, cut the old fan's wires next to the fan, and use them to spice in the new fan. Be sure the splices are well insulated, such as with wire nuts or telephone wire splices (Radio Shack) because you don't want bare wire to come in contact with the high voltage portions of the power supply, including some of the large transistors.

 

[Quickfingerz]

buy a fan from here,

www.teamawe.com for ultra-quiet powersupply fans.


or for cheaper but louder fans go to www.outpost.com and search for 80mm.

 

[cvlegion]

Article at www.phamcomputer.com/PhC PSMod1.htm