[ale] Replacing Fan in Power Supply?

[Jeff Layton]

Vernard Martin wrote:

> 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.

I'm really shooting for more airflow to keep it cooler.

Thanks!

Jeff


>
>
> hope this helps
>
> V
> --
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
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