Which is more likely

[don_svetlio]

 So since last week, about a day after I put my case sideways while PC was on twice with the 2nd time it slipping from me from about 9mm - 1cm height, I noticed an on and off ticking/clicking sound from the PSU. Today I narrowed it down to the fan. I've not seen the fan not working and PC has been stable for over 14 hours daily (5 of which under half load) and nothing to really signal a component failing. It POSTs and everything. My question is, which is more likely, that the fan simple went dry at that time as a coincidence or that I caused the fan double ball bearing to get misplaced and thus start ticking. It isn't constant, the only way I was able to tell it's the fan is when I shut down the PC last night, i heard the ticking slowly go away. Booted up after and it ramped up then became inaudible mostly, with me being able to pick up one or two ticks every few mins. I doubt it's something being hit by the fan since else the PC wouldn't be working for so long (coming close to 2 weeks atm) and since it's Seasonic I doubt the fan was badly secured and end up being damaged by the case turn. The ticks themselves are very silent, have to be within about 50cm of the fan to even be able to notice them. So yeah, am I just losing sleep over a slightly dry bearing or did I brick it? Can I go on like this since I can't get an RMA for something that sometimes makes a noise.

[Litargirio]

I think you might be overthinking it a bit.

[don_svetlio]

I think you might be overthinking it a bit.

meaning that's the normal way the fan is supposed to behave?

[manikyath]

well, i think this is easier than you may think.

 

the fan has a cable, its a thin cable, in a lot of cases its a long cable.

 

by turning your pc on the side, the cable moved a bit, and now sometimes ticks against your PSU fan.

[Litargirio]

meaning that's the normal way the fan is supposed to behave?

 

It's a moving part. It's normal that it makes some noise. It probably was ticking before already, but only when you dropped the case and went on to check if there's anything wrong, you paid closer attention and noticed that the ocasional barely audible ticking noise.

 

Either that, or the fan got slightly loose, and is tapping against a part of itself.

[don_svetlio]

well, i think this is easier than you may think.

 

the fan has a cable, its a thin cable, in a lot of cases its a long cable.

 

by turning your pc on the side, the cable moved a bit, and now sometimes ticks against your PSU fan.

From what I could see through the grille, the cable was being held in place by plastic. Also, wouldn't the cable get damaged after getting hit by the fan for close to 2 weeks?

EDIT: It's being held in place throughout it's length

[don_svetlio]

It's a moving part. It's normal that it makes some noise. It probably was ticking before already, but only when you dropped the case and went on to check if there's anything wrong, you paid closer attention and noticed that the ocasional barely audible ticking noise.

 

Either that, or the fan got slightly loose, and is tapping against a part of itself.

If everything is working I guess it's probably not an issue then. I hope so at least. Currently I can't hear any ticking and RMAing with an issue that I can't reproduce is impossible. So yeah, I hope it doesn't cause harm.