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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Had a fan in the PC drop dead yesterday, of course it was the one
dedicated to PSpice :-(

It was a "chipset fan" on an ASUS A7M266 MB.

Can't find a duplicate anywhere... perusing via Google I find it's a
loser by design.

So I spent all yesterday afternoon filing a heat sink adapter to
proper shape.

Installed a good sturdy ball-bearing fan.

Fired the PC up, everything looked OK.

As I was about to button it up the exhaust fan in the back quit.
Fooling with it revealed intermittent leads where the wires entered
the motor housing.

Another trip to Fry's.

Got everything on the air at 7:00AM this morning.

What a day ;-)

...Jim Thompson
 
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Ian Buckner

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson said:
Had a fan in the PC drop dead yesterday, of course it was the one
dedicated to PSpice :-(

It was a "chipset fan" on an ASUS A7M266 MB.

Can't find a duplicate anywhere... perusing via Google I find it's a
loser by design.

So I spent all yesterday afternoon filing a heat sink adapter to
proper shape.

Installed a good sturdy ball-bearing fan.

Fired the PC up, everything looked OK.

As I was about to button it up the exhaust fan in the back quit.
Fooling with it revealed intermittent leads where the wires entered
the motor housing.

Another trip to Fry's.

Got everything on the air at 7:00AM this morning.

What a day ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Have you seen the www.quietpc.com site? I've not used them (PC still
in warranty), but I probably will quite soon.

Regards
Ian
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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You have Fry's in Phoenix? Or is it Phry's in Feenix?

-- Mike --

Yup, at Baseline and I10. I think there are others in the Phoenix
area as well. We're becoming another LA... I don't know every detail
of the town like I did 40 years ago... back then I could have driven a
cab, without using a map.

...Jim Thompson
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson said:
Had a fan in the PC drop dead yesterday, of course it was the one
dedicated to PSpice :-(
[snip]
Another trip to Fry's.

Got everything on the air at 7:00AM this morning.

What a day ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Have you seen the www.quietpc.com site? I've not used them (PC still
in warranty), but I probably will quite soon.

Regards
Ian

Huh? I find all that wind noise kinda soothing ;-)

...Jim Thompson
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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