how easy would it be to replace this fan? is it built into the side of the computer case, or semi-perminanlty attached to a component?
Odds are the fan stopped working, cause they are built to be cheap.
If you have a voltage tester, you can make sure that power is still flowing down the lines. But my bet would be that the motor or ball bearing in the fan died.
But fans like this only cost around $5 depending on where you get them and how quiet you need them to be.
I don't know if you have a frys or radio-shack (or local equivalent thereof), but it should be easy enough to unscrew the fan from the mount and bring it with you when you go looking for a new one. The important bits are to make sure your new fan is the same size, has the same power connectors, and moves roughly the same amount of air.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
Odds are the fan stopped working, cause they are built to be cheap.
If you have a voltage tester, you can make sure that power is still flowing down the lines. But my bet would be that the motor or ball bearing in the fan died.
But fans like this only cost around $5 depending on where you get them and how quiet you need them to be.
I don't know if you have a frys or radio-shack (or local equivalent thereof), but it should be easy enough to unscrew the fan from the mount and bring it with you when you go looking for a new one. The important bits are to make sure your new fan is the same size, has the same power connectors, and moves roughly the same amount of air.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy