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From: kadie@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Noisy Fan - Looking for a good trick
Message-ID: <1991May16.185539.10519@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 16 May 1991 18:55:39 GMT

My PC often makes a high-pitched whine. The whine is more common when
room temperture is high.  I think the noise is caused by the power
supply's fan (since the fan and the hard disk are the only moving
parts, and I've replaced the disk drive [for other reasons]).

Replacing the whole power supply would be expensive. It would also be
difficult to find one that is the right size with the switch at the
right place.

I have replaced the fan (cost: about $12 from Radio Shack). But that
did not stop the whine. I think the problem is that the fan is
vibrating the power supply box.

Does anyone know of any tricks to stop the power supply from vibrating
(like washers or something)?

Thanks,
Carl


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Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign