PSU making scraping noises.

[rgbManiac]

My corsair cx450s fan is doing subtle scraping noises, what is really worrying. Any help?

[Husky]

It might fail soon, unfortunately. Sounds like the fan has gone bad. You should RMA it if you can, you don't want to mess with power supplies. If you are really brave, you could open it up and replace the fan with a new one, but it is very dangerous to do.

[alexhelvetica]

23 minutes ago, rgbManiac said:

My corsair cx450s fan is doing subtle scraping noises, what is really worrying. Any help?

Can you send a a video? It's hard to diagnose what is wrong with the fan without actually hearing it, or seeing it.

[rgbManiac]

4 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Can you send a a video? It's hard to diagnose what is wrong with the fan without actually hearing it, or seeing it.

 

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[rgbManiac]

24 minutes ago, Husky said:

It might fail soon, unfortunately. Sounds like the fan has gone bad. You should RMA it if you can, you don't want to mess with power supplies. If you are really brave, you could open it up and replace the fan with a new one, but it is very dangerous to do.

I've had it for only 5 months.

[PineyCreek]

Only thing mechanical in the average PSU is a fan...so unless you have a pet roach with a mini crowbar messing around in there, you're probably going to want to RMA the PSU due to a failing fan bearing or something like that.  Just make sure you don't have a loose molex connector or something like that drooping into the vent slightly that could cause the noise when the fan blades hit it before you go calling the PSU manufacturer.