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Will I die if I do this?

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psy44

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Ok, My power supply has two fans inside of it, I want to replace those fans and put new blue led cool fans, it says high voltage inside do not open. Is there any risk involved without any power connected to it?
 
There is always risk. Unplug the power cord with the power supply connected to the computer and push the computer power button. This should drain any remaining voltage in the power supply. Remove the power supply, open it up and replace the fans. DO NOT fiddle around with anything else in there and you should be fine. Good luck!
 
Originally posted by: psy44
Ok, My power supply has two fans inside of it, I want to replace those fans and put new blue led cool fans, it says high voltage inside do not open. Is there any risk involved without any power connected to it?
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Yes, you will die 😉

Seriously, I hav done it...just be careful, discharge the PSU, and be careful. Also be careful.

Good luck
 
Originally posted by: human2k
yes you will die, if your lucky you'll be resurrected into a tbred B.
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Yeah but if he goes to Hell he will become an ATI graphics board (red, devildogs, etc etc you get the idea)
 
Anyone know how much is resonible to pay a pro to do this kind of work, it should only take 5 minutes if I give him all the supplies right?
 
Originally posted by: human2k
yes you will die, if your lucky you'll be resurrected into a tbred B.
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you might be a nerd if... you thought that was funny!

(I was laughing my ass off..)
 
Originally posted by: psy44
Anyone know how much is resonible to pay a pro to do this kind of work, it should only take 5 minutes if I give him all the supplies right?
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The cost to have it done will probably exceed the value of the PS and led's. Either just buy a PS with led's already in them or just do it yourself.
 
I am opening my Antec True 550 as I type this. Turning the last screw and removing it. Opening lid - AHHHHH!!! ---> CRACK! FLASH!! BUZZZZZZZ BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
 
Should be fine as long as you leave it plugged in and stand in a bucket of salt water while opening the PSU.

oh, and hold a fork in the other electric socket with your other hand while doing this.
 
Well you can do what I do, turn off psu(unplug) while its connected to mobo press the power button on front of computer, this will drain the charge thats left in it (yes there is a charge still in it, if you hit power button after its unpluged you should see the fans power up for 1/4 of a second).
 
you'll be fine as long as you don't get a sudden urge to start licking things inside it.....mmmmmmmmmm power supply stuff ughghghhghghghghghg (drooling)
 
Besides avoid the warranty, I must have mod tons of PSU fan to MNB ultra quiet fan........and I am still alive!!! 🙂
 
Whatever people tell you about leaving it discharged for a day or two, "discharging" the psu of leftover juice, it's all bs. You could let the damned thing sit for a week and it'll still cook you. Just DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING BUT THE FANS.
 
Originally posted by: erikiksaz
Whatever people tell you about leaving it discharged for a day or two, "discharging" the psu of leftover juice, it's all bs. You could let the damned thing sit for a week and it'll still cook you. Just DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING BUT THE FANS.
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Shocking!

😀

So, how do the techs discharge it? I know with TV sets a wire is set to ground to discharge the pic tube/capacitors so the repair person is "safe" -- it's an awful thing to be working around "live" electricity and have to stay on-your-toes to avoid a shock.

While I am asking dumb questions (I'm on a run, somebody stop me) . . . how much of a "jolt" would you get from accidently discharging a 350w PS?
 
Its not going to kill you, Ive touched one that was plugged in and blew sparkes and japped the hell out of me (worst then a 240 line), I had a screw driver in the other hand and it got burt to the aluminum (melted to it). LOL, Im not dead, besides a big scare, small burn, and a fast beating heart. 😀

 
Originally posted by: apoppin

While I am asking dumb questions (I'm on a run, somebody stop me) . . . how much of a "jolt" would you get from accidently discharging a 350w PS?
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I once touched something inside a plugged in but off 300W PS and it buzzed my whole arm.

It's kind of strange because you can feel the 60Hz of electricity pulsing through your arm.

Thankfully I wasn't burned and nothing unfortunate happened. I'm sure you can imagine I'm a lot more careful now. :Q
 
I replaced a fan in an Antec SmartPower 250-watt power supply just fine. I opened it up, unscrewed the fan, cut the wires, screwed in the new fan, used wire caps to attach the wires back together with the new fan, and closed it up. I did not touch anything else. There was no problem. I guess the best prevention of a nasty shock that can send you across the room is to touch nothing else except the fans and the wires connecting them.

Realize that what you are doing will void your warranty.
 
I got zapped once by the cute lil' electromagnetic coils that lies beneath a CD's laser eye ... IT HURT!!! My entire arm was numb for an hour. It was pretty interesting - keep in mind this was way back in '95 when I still hadn't gotten around to growing a brain - SOMEHOW I plugged in the power upside down which, of course, fried the drive ... and ... made the underneath of the PCB glaze over. Now, this was a SCSI CD Drive with the SCSI adapter on the sound card. So, being the Einstein that I was, I scrapped some of the "icing" off the PCB (trying to prove God-knows-what), plugged it back in and turned on the ole' 486. Well, guess what - the sound card got fried after shrieking itself to death. After all that, I decided to take apart the CD drive ... and zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAP! It was a fun day. All this happened in that day and age in India when the CD and sound card (popularly sound as "multimedia" kit) cost the equivalent of my very-pissed-off Dad's monthly paycheck.
 
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