PC surgery might be needed

Mark · 19-02-2007, 18:21

One of my PCs is making a horrible noise and I've got a sinking feeling that it's the fan on the Northbridge or PSU. I hope not, but I'd better be prepared if it is.

If it's the PSU, I don't fancy opening the PSU to fix it. I don't like playing in PSUs with scary big capacitors ready to bite me, and not being able to see where errant fingers are heading, and this PSU is extra small, which just magnifies the problem.

If it's the Northbridge, that fan is almost completely inaccessible - clearences are so tight that you literally have to empty the case bar the CPU, motherboard and RAM. If I get it all out, I'm pretty certain I won't be able to get it all back in (in particular the CPU heatsink).

So, assuming I can eliminate system and CPU fans (already done two, two to go), would anyone be willing to help? It's an SFF system (not a Shuttle though), but that still doesn't make it easy to hoik around, though I can probably get it to London without much bother.

Any ideas gratefully accepted.

19-02-2007, 18:21	#1
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	PC surgery might be needed One of my PCs is making a horrible noise and I've got a sinking feeling that it's the fan on the Northbridge or PSU. I hope not, but I'd better be prepared if it is. If it's the PSU, I don't fancy opening the PSU to fix it. I don't like playing in PSUs with scary big capacitors ready to bite me, and not being able to see where errant fingers are heading, and this PSU is extra small, which just magnifies the problem. If it's the Northbridge, that fan is almost completely inaccessible - clearences are so tight that you literally have to empty the case bar the CPU, motherboard and RAM. If I get it all out, I'm pretty certain I won't be able to get it all back in (in particular the CPU heatsink). So, assuming I can eliminate system and CPU fans (already done two, two to go), would anyone be willing to help? It's an SFF system (not a Shuttle though), but that still doesn't make it easy to hoik around, though I can probably get it to London without much bother. Any ideas gratefully accepted.