psu Changing the powersupply fan!

[Devel0per95]

Hi , 

So technically my fan died! (Noisy sound and barley spinning which is bad for me. ?)

 

Okay here's my question :

can i change the power supply fan with the case fan?

 

Reason asking this question: i broke. ?

 

Thanks for your time ( and please help don't read and leave ? )

[Enderman]

Depends on the power supply and it will also void you warranty.

Have you tried RMAing it?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Enderman said:

Depends on the power supply and it will also void you warranty.

Have you tried RMAing it?

 

taking apart a PSU is very dangerous, can potentially kill you. 

[smokefest]

3 minutes ago, Devel0per95 said:

Hi , 

So technically my fan died! (Noisy sound and barley spinning which is bad for me. ?)

 

Okay here's my question :

can i change the power supply fan with the case fan?

 

Reason asking this question: i broke. ?

 

Thanks for your time ( and please help don't read and leave ? )

It's dangerous. Must have advanced skills. There are chance you electrocute yourself. Plus 95% of the time it's not worth it. 

 

Just buy a new PSU

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Depends on the power supply and it will also void you warranty.

Have you tried RMAing it?

can't void your warrantly in the US legally.

 

You can use any case fan.

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, smokefest said:

It's dangerous. Must have advanced skills. There are chance you electrocute yourself. Plus 95% of the time it's not worth it. 

 

Just buy a new PSU

Just don't touch the board and your fine, its not really dangerous.

[Devel0per95]

I will try this and will tell you all what i ended up with.

Note: if you saw on news on tv about an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon (just remember me ) ?

[Energycore]

Ok so the really simple solution is if your PSU is on warranty still, contact the manufacturer and they'll replace / repair it for you.

 

If it's out of warranty, there's this.

It's not terribly hard but depending on the fan that's inside your PSU you might have to take a soldering iron to it. And please if you care about your own safety, leave the PSU disconnected the night before you open it. This is important so that the capacitors inside discharge during the night and don't give you a potentially harmful shock if you touch them. Either way I recommend working with care not to touch any component on the inside.

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

can't void your warrantly in the US legally.

 

You can use any case fan.

Yeah it will, when you cut and solder the wires to attach a new fan which is in no way meant to go in there.

 

Also no, you cannot use just any case fan.

It needs to be the correct diameter to screw it in, and it needs to be the same type as the fan in the PSU.

A PSU that runs a PWM fan will not work with a 3 pin fan.

[smokefest]

Even broke I would prefer to try to streal one instead of repairing one. Less dangerous for your life loll depending on what country you live

[Zando_]

You could fry yourself so... If it's a high end one, it's probs under warranty still and they'll fix it. If it's not a high end one, it's most likely easier and cheaper to buy a new one (your brain being fried is an expensive impossible thing to fix). 

 

 

 

Although I'd still try it just for kicks. I've been dissecting electronics since I was a kid 

[KenjiUmino]

8 minutes ago, smokefest said:

Even broke I would prefer to try to streal one instead of repairing one. Less dangerous for your life loll depending on what country you live

oh well, i've done it a couple of times and i am still alive.

 

but that's just me and i guess i should not recommend doing it yourself because it really CAN KILL you.

 

opening a power supply should be the LAST option to consider. if at all. 

 

can you RMA your current PSU ? if you can, do it. 

 

if not - do you have another PC around you can borrow the PSU from until you have money to buy a new one ?

[Devel0per95]

Okay here's what happened i found  powersupply but with no sata plugs then i have found 1 small sata plug and the problem i have 2 hard driver , i plugged it in the main system hard drive and now getting this, d checked the bios options its plugged in!

 

[Drake10114]

What PSU's are you using/ how old are they?

[Devel0per95]

2 minutes ago, Drake10114 said:

What PSU's are you using/ how old are they?

everything Old enough

[Electronics Wizardy]

55 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Yeah it will, when you cut and solder the wires to attach a new fan which is in no way meant to go in there.

 

Also no, you cannot use just any case fan.

It needs to be the correct diameter to screw it in, and it needs to be the same type as the fan in the PSU.

A PSU that runs a PWM fan will not work with a 3 pin fan.

No need to solder there are connectors. 

 

For size a yea not needs to be the same size for connectors you can easily change the plug housing 

 

For warranty even if you soldered your own fan it wouldn't void your warranty as third party repairs are covered under the law. 

[Enderman]

35 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

No need to solder there are connectors. 

 

For size a yea not needs to be the same size for connectors you can easily change the plug housing 

 

For warranty even if you soldered your own fan it wouldn't void your warranty as third party repairs are covered under the law. 

1) The connectors inside a PSU are not regular fan headers like on a motherboard

 

2) no you cannot change the plug housing, the pins are not the same

 

3) Unless you file a lawsuit (which will cost you tens of thousands of dollars) the PSU manufacturer will refuse to give you a new PSU if you have modified it.