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NeverForgotten · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject: Case Fan NOISE

My dell Inspiron case fan recently started to make a kind of buzzing sound and it is very loud.

I opened my case, used an air canster, cleaned it and checked if anything was hitting against it

It sometimes turns off for a few seconds and than you can hear no noise but then it starts again

I think I should buy a new fan

can anyone recommend me one ?

gogodr · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:21 pm Post subject:

sounds like the fan is not balanced .. yeah buy another one...

any cooler masters is very good

NeverForgotten · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:34 pm Post subject:

Yea something cheap would do fine

does it matter if its 120mm, 80mm etc?

Hero · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject:

SF · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:51 pm Post subject:

It's also possible that it could just need some grease/oil in it. How long have you had it? This happened to my PSU fan so my only choice was to repair it instead of spending 50 bucks on a new PSU. it's rather simple and easy, but a new fan entirely would probably be better in terms of cost:time ratio.

Hero · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:09 am Post subject:

SF · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:14 am Post subject:

Konata Izumi · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:17 am Post subject:

WD40 is not a lubricant, it is a water displacer. Never use it on your bike.

NeverForgotten · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:28 am Post subject:

I've had it for almost 2 years

My case size is regular (dont know the actual term) but its certainly not Micro ATX

SF · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:31 am Post subject:

2 years.. the fan is complete and total shit if it died already. Mine took ~5 years of being up 98% of the time and that was only one of it's three fans.

erarkku · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:15 am Post subject:

get some oil and drip it into the hole you find when you peel back the sticker in the middle of the fan

kls85 · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:44 am Post subject:

You can't just go out and get yourself a regular case fan as the fan connector on a Dell case is almost proprietary (looks like a 3-pin audio connector). Even if you do managed to connect to a regular fan connector on the board, the stupid Dell bios will nag you to death about "CPU fan not detected or voltage too low" error

Had to change a few fans on a Dell desktops once and it was a PITA as you will need to get the same exact one all the way down to the tiny specs.

e.g. original fan uses 12v @ 0.85a and you got a 12v @ 0.79a.
Bios will give you a error.

NeverForgotten · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:44 am Post subject:

So the error will not let me start my computer?

Do I even need that fan in there?
Will the computer be fine without it?

Tried the oil method but still same problem