PSU fan....

2006-11-27 06:37:38

#1

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7026|USA

is making a really bad noise...kind of a warbily sound. dunno, its hard to describe

its a 330w. 20-pin generic PSU, powering a Radeon 9550, an athlon 64 3000+, dvd drive, hdd, etc etc.

the sound kind of goes away after start up, but i don't know if thats because the fan stops spinning as fast, or if the 120 mm casefan blocks it out. if i listen very carefully, i can still hear it.

the PC is under warranty for another year and a few months, but i'm getting ready to upgrade just about everything in it.

sooo...to you tech heads, what the hell do i do? do i ignore it, send it in, upgrade sooner?

thanks.

2006-11-27 06:41:14

#2

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7078|Camp XRay

you could always just replace the fan, but it may be easier to upgrade to a new sli psu for about a hundred dollars.
hyper makes a really good psu for cheap. check this out.

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2006-11-27 06:42:38

#3

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|7001|Doncaster, UK

"kind of a warbly sound" sounds like the bearings in the fan may be going, or they could jus tbe clogged up with dust. Try giving it a really good blow out and see if anyting comes out.

If you upgrade the PSU it will very probably invalidate your warranty for the whole PC so if you are reliant on the warranty you need to take it into the store where you got it from and tell them.

2006-11-27 06:43:54

#4

Fenris_GreyClaw: Real Хорошо; +826|6974|Adelaide, South Australia

DoctorFruitloop wrote:
"kind of a warbly sound" sounds like the bearings in the fan may be going, or they could jus tbe clogged up with dust. Try giving it a really good blow out and see if anyting comes out.

Do it OUTSIDE!

2006-11-27 06:44:41

#5

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7026|USA

DoctorFruitloop wrote:
"kind of a warbly sound" sounds like the bearings in the fan may be going, or they could jus tbe clogged up with dust. Try giving it a really good blow out and see if anyting comes out.

If you upgrade the PSU it will very probably invalidate your warranty for the whole PC so if you are reliant on the warranty you need to take it into the store where you got it from and tell them.

i just dusted everything the other day, so its probably the bearings.

i'm not too reliant on the warranty as i'm upgrading everything anyways.

@marlboro man (king of the jockstrap) thanks. thats a really nice looking one.

2006-11-27 07:03:16

#6

montypythizzle: Member; +21|7058

Marlboroman82 wrote:
you could always just replace the fan, but it may be easier to upgrade to a new sli psu for about a hundred dollars.
hyper makes a really good psu for cheap. check this out.

why get this when he probably has an AGP card and a 20 pin board (waste of money imho)
but i would get the hiper if you are going to get pcie board and vid card and new cpu
sorry s754 sucks shoulda waited for the 939

2006-11-27 14:31:46

#7

CrazeD: Member; +368|7128|Maine

montypythizzle wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
you could always just replace the fan, but it may be easier to upgrade to a new sli psu for about a hundred dollars.
hyper makes a really good psu for cheap. check this out.
why get this when he probably has an AGP card and a 20 pin board (waste of money imho)
but i would get the hiper if you are going to get pcie board and vid card and new cpu
sorry s754 sucks shoulda waited for the 939

Why get it? Because it's future proof. He won't have to upgrade for quite a while.

If you do decide to take it apart and clean it, be really careful not to touch the capacitors or the heat sink as they can carry a very large current even after being unplugged.

2006-11-27 15:36:44

#8

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7026|USA

montypythizzle wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
you could always just replace the fan, but it may be easier to upgrade to a new sli psu for about a hundred dollars.
hyper makes a really good psu for cheap. check this out.
why get this when he probably has an AGP card and a 20 pin board (waste of money imho)
but i would get the hiper if you are going to get pcie board and vid card and new cpu
sorry s754 sucks shoulda waited for the 939

939 was out (barely), but some of us have this thing called a budget monty. i'm sixteen. i can only spend so much money. i have no job, and my parents are very strong on getting me to buy my own shit, even though my dad is a doctor and made A LOT of money (more than i'll ever see) off of the stock market.

2006-11-27 15:41:06

#9

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7075|Mhz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6817103013

Buy, nuff said. Tell your olds your PC will catch fire without it. Winnar.

EDIT: Typo

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2006-11-27 15:41:56)

2006-11-27 15:43:27

#10

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7026|USA

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103013

Buy, nuff said. Tell your olds your PC will catch fire without it. Winnar.

EDIT: Typo

Out Of Stock (ETA: 12/1/2006)

losar!!!

you should read the page first dude. lol thanks for trying to help though.

Edit: i decided to be more specific. if its going to catch fire, i'd need this ASAP, not next tuesday or wen.

Last edited by Ender2309 (2006-11-27 15:44:08)

2006-11-27 16:12:19

#11

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7118|under there hayousaidunderwear

First off, when you plan on upgrading what do you want? If you want a DX10 card don't waste money on a little 500w psu.

What kind of computer is it, or is it a custom build?

2006-11-27 16:14:13

#12

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7075|Mhz

Lol missed that bit, I'll go find you one in stock rofl.

2006-11-27 16:20:40

#13

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7075|Mhz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6817153023

2006-11-27 16:25:34

#14

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7118|under there hayousaidunderwear

430W is a bit low for today's standards.

2006-11-27 16:29:27

#15

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7026|USA

majorassult wrote:
First off, when you plan on upgrading what do you want? If you want a DX10 card don't waste money on a little 500w psu.

What kind of computer is it, or is it a custom build?

cyber power custom build,

hopefully i'll be upgrading to C2D and DX10. hopefully.

2006-11-27 16:33:29

#16

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7075|Mhz

majorassult wrote:
430W is a bit low for today's standards.

His PC is running on 330w... why is 430w not enough? It's only meant to be a cheap and decent quality replacment for his current system til he upgrades.

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2006-11-27 16:34:38)

2006-11-27 17:21:10

#17

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7118|under there hayousaidunderwear

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
majorassult wrote:
430W is a bit low for today's standards.
His PC is running on 330w... why is 430w not enough? It's only meant to be a cheap and decent quality replacment for his current system til he upgrades.

Yes but you don't want to spend money on a cheap power supply that he will need to upgrade again for a C2D and 8800

check this one out

I've also heard good things about this one

2006-11-27 17:22:45

#18

CaptainMike: It's just a flesh wound; +45|7100|Canada

Is it a chugging kind of sound, sorta like a fridge starting up?

2006-11-27 17:24:28

#19

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7298|Alberta, Canada

Well if you are upgrading it, just buy a new PSU.

2006-11-27 17:26:02

#20

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7075|Mhz

If you want to go straight for the PSU for the next PC and use that for now then I'd go with Enermax Galaxy

Probably the best PSUs going.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … =CA-030-EN <---- (yes it's a British site it's just a link so you can read the specs)

BF2S Forums PSU fan....

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