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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: noisy fan...
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:01:19 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.181825.2110@spectrum.xerox.com>
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- In article <1992Dec15.181825.2110@spectrum.xerox.com> sprague.wbst311@xerox.com writes:
- >I read in a magazine article where the author opened up his power
- >supply, unhooked the fan, then remounted it using some rubber or
- >nylon washers. In his case, the fan was not balanced quite right
- >(thy often aren't), and the power supply case, which was attached
- >to the PC case was acting as a sounding board, and amplifying the
- >sounds his fan made. After it was mounted differently, he said
- >all the noise went away.
- >
- >I have never really had the urge to open the power supply in my PC
- >though. :-) Of course, it you decide to do somehting like this,
- >make _sure_ you unplug the PC.
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- _And_ discharge the huge capacitors! You can kill yourself on
- those things...or at least give yourself a nasty shock, or drop
- the hard drive on the floor....
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- I'd balance the fan on my Hi-Point prop balancer Heh heh heh...
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- I knew the model airplanes would come into this somehow..
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