[ale] Replacing Fan in Power Supply?

[Vernard Martin]

On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 09:27, Jim Philips wrote:
> You should take out the old fan and carry it with you to the computer store. 
> Any CompUSA will have fans, but the fans they have may not fit onto your CPU. 
> This has been my biggest problem. And even while you have the fan with you, 
> bear in mind how much space you have around the CPU. It's easy to come home 
> with a fan that won't fit into the space you have.

sounds to me like he's talking about replacing the fan inside the Power
Supply, not the cpu fan. while it is true that all power supply fans are
not the same size, there are a few standard sizes that will fit most
power supplies. If you are really serious about doing this, you can just
take your power supplly out of your case, then take it apart and take
the fan out and wander it down to your local Radio Shack or over to
Microcenter or Ack Radio or wherever you get your miscellaneous
electronic parts and I'm sure that they'll have something to match it
with. Be warned though. you may not necessarly get a quieter part unless
you already have a part in mind that you know is going to be quieter.


hope this helps

V
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