[PLUG] Fedora or Red Hat
Bill Spears
bspears at easystreet.com
Fri Dec 12 09:02:01 UTC 2003
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 08:27, Abraham Zwygart wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 06:53, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 02:26, Bill Spears wrote:
> > >
> > > > This may not be so theoretical. Hard drives making growling sounds
> > > > doesn't mean they're hungry, right? This is usually a bad thing, right.
> > > >
> >
> >
> > > IMO (In My Observation) "growling" usually comes from a dying fan, while
> > > "whining" comes from a failing hard drive. I've heard SCSI drives that
> > > whine quite loudly for over a year before dying.
> > >
> > > I'd check the fans before diving checking the drive. I just jam
> > > something into standard PS and case fans to stop them. I LOVE it when
> > > customers tell me that their growling noise just stopped after a while.
> > > Most assume that it fixed its self. I REALLY would like responsible PC
> > > builders to quit using sleeve bearing fans in all PCs.
> > >
> >
> > And the grand prize goes to Mike for his prescient diagnosis of my
> > problem. In mid browse we went to black. I mean no witty error message
> > or warning just machine down. It is running right now but the power fan
> > is _not_ turning.
> >
> > I guess the solution is a new case, right?
> I have replace fans from 5 to 15 dollars. A lot cheaper then a case.
> Abraham Z.
I thought we weren't supposed to take power supplies apart! Isn't the
fan an integral part of the power supply. A case is a lot cheaper than
a house fire (:-). How safe is this process of replacing a power supply
fan?
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Bill Spears <bspears at easystreet.com>
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