You can usually find one that advertises that it contains bearings. Buy that. Otherwise you'll get something that relies on a tiny plastic bushing - guaranteed to wear out in a full year of continuous operation. (NOT FOR SERVERS!) Most either have a two pin connector to plug directly into the mobo - others have a third pin which give the mobo a feedback pulse that allows indication of the fan's rpm. Alternately, some accessory fans have a 4 pin connector which fit inline with your hard drive power connector.
=WaV On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Mike Flannigan <mikef...@att.net> wrote: > > Those fans need to be replaced ever so often. When > they starting making noise, that is a good time to > replace them. The cost is usually $6 - $18. It's > best not to buy the cheap ones. I've never replaced > one on the CPU, but I've replaced the one on the > case 3-4 times. Usually I have to get out my soldering > iron to get the job done. > > > Mike > > > On Sun, 12 Jul 2009, pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: > > >All > > > >About a week ago I opened up my computer cabinet to blow some of the dirt > that makes its way in, I put it back together > >and now everytime I start it the fan that pulls air out of the cpu starts > spinning like crazy making a buzzing noise... checked on BIOS and supposedly > the inside temperature of my computer is 91 celsius (thats nine below water > boiling point) I dont know much about computers so I asked a friend, he said > the temp sensor could be bad, but didnt know where that was located.. > anybody have an idea as to where the temp sensor is, or what else could be > causing this? > > > >thanks for any and all help > > > >Nico > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com > >
