computer fan

hey the fan on my computer is starting to rattel is it some thing that can be fixed quick or is it looking like a hole in my back pocket for a new computer?

Fox hunter

Try cleaning it and tightening it. Maybe it's just loose (not too tight!!)

If all else fails replace the fan, they are easy to install and they come as cheap as $10 (even for a fancy LED one), you don't need to a fan that costs anymore than $20.

thank you guys i will try that.

If all else fails, you can always take the side of your case off and have a regular fan run next to it. Looks kinda retarded, but gets the job done.

Romanian wrote:

If all else fails, you can always take the side of your case off and have a regular fan run next to it. Looks kinda retarded, but gets the job done.

You shouldn't actually do that, a lot of household fans are not magnet shielded and if you happen to get one that isn't you can fry your comp. You can however take the side of the case off and leave it like that to help with cooling, but replacing the fan is just as easy.

lol I meant as an extra fan. You absolutely need your computer fan in working condition, but a litle extra doesn't hurt.

You could get more than one fan and put it into your comp. One example of multiply fans is Capn's computer, it has 11 fans in it. Here's the list of fans in it.

1 CPU Fan
1 GPU Fan
1 Front Mounted Fan
1 Side Mounted Fan
1 Top Mounted Fans
4 Back Mounted Fans - 2 40mm fans strapped together.
2 Power Supply Fans

All the fans on his are 40mm fans. Keeps the thing running nice and cold.

My comp has;

1 Side Mounted Fan - 80mm
1 Top Mounted Fan - 120mm (Twin)
2 Power Supply Fans
1 Back Mounted Fan - 80mm
1 CPU Fan - 40mm
1 GPU Fan - 120mm (Twin)

Total of 7 fans, but they are almost all bigger than normal fans. The bigger the fan the better it helps cool down a tower. But to get the 120mm fans your tower has to support it.

Also Romanian I understood that you meant using a fan for extra cooling but it will still be potentially harmful. It's much safer to take the side off and lean it against the opening and let it cool that way, I use to have to do that with Capn's comp when I owned it, back before I went nuts and put all the fans in it.

Haha wow! That's a lot of fans. I'm hoping to get an Nvidia GTX 450 or a 460 and I'll get a 600W power supply to support it. I hope I don't need to buy extra fans. The graphics card and power supply alone will run me ~$300.

Any tips? any potential problems I might have?

Fill it with Peant Butter and Fluff..

Then at least it will be quiet

SarahBeth wrote:

Fill it with Peant Butter and Fluff..

Then at least it will be quiet

haha. Oh yes, it will be veeery quiet. for about an hour or so...

then the peanut butter starts oozing out the and fluff catches on fire from everything overheating.

not a pretty sight.

but!! it will be quiet for that one hour...

Romanian wrote:

SarahBeth wrote:

Fill it with Peant Butter and Fluff..

Then at least it will be quiet

haha. Oh yes, it will be veeery quiet. for about an hour or so...

then the peanut butter starts oozing out the and fluff catches on fire from everything overheating.

not a pretty sight.

but!! it will be quiet for that one hour...

Well jeesh you can't have everything now..
Got to make a compimise somewhere, LOl

But look on the bright side, It catches fire then your house burns and you can get a new one from your insurance claim..HAHA

SarahBeth wrote:

Romanian wrote:

SarahBeth wrote:

Fill it with Peant Butter and Fluff..

Then at least it will be quiet

haha. Oh yes, it will be veeery quiet. for about an hour or so...

then the peanut butter starts oozing out the and fluff catches on fire from everything overheating.

not a pretty sight.

but!! it will be quiet for that one hour...

Well jeesh you can't have everything now..
Got to make a compimise somewhere, LOl

But look on the bright side, It catches fire then your house burns and you can get a new one from your insurance claim..HAHA

you're just full of good ideas today, aren't cha?

haha!

Romanian wrote:

SarahBeth wrote:

Romanian wrote:

SarahBeth wrote:

Fill it with Peant Butter and Fluff..

Then at least it will be quiet

haha. Oh yes, it will be veeery quiet. for about an hour or so...

then the peanut butter starts oozing out the and fluff catches on fire from everything overheating.

not a pretty sight.

but!! it will be quiet for that one hour...

Well jeesh you can't have everything now..
Got to make a compimise somewhere, LOl

But look on the bright side, It catches fire then your house burns and you can get a new one from your insurance claim..HAHA

you're just full of good ideas today, aren't cha?


haha!

I have a couple here and there,

Rune wrote:

If all else fails replace the fan, they are easy to install and they come as cheap as $10 (even for a fancy LED one), you don't need to a fan that costs anymore than $20.

Sexy Fan!

Fox hunter wrote:

hey the fan on my computer is starting to rattel is it some thing that can be fixed quick or is it looking like a hole in my back pocket for a new computer?

Fox hunter

It's the REVENGE OF PETERSON!@