Lately when I turn on my PC the mobo fan makes a grinding kinda sound, not normal. After I tap it the fan goes back to normal. Is this an omen of things to come? Should I prepare myself for a new mobo purchase?
Thanks.
Lately when I turn on my PC the mobo fan makes a grinding kinda sound, not normal. After I tap it the fan goes back to normal. Is this an omen of things to come? Should I prepare myself for a new mobo purchase?
Thanks.
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Just clean or get a new fan.
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Wouldnt happen to be an Abit mobo would it?
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when my graphics card fan went nuts and started howling like the Beast of Bogmin, i took it out and oiled the bearing, it's fine now
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What motherboard is it. A lot of boards work fine with just a heatsink. If it's not a board where there's airflow at the heatsink then just change the fan.
woowoo
The fan in my oldest comptuer is like that (the cpu fan, there is no motherboard fan or even heatsink for that matter).
I tried cleaning it and oiling but to it has no effect. I've leartn to live with it since I haven't seen that small of fans in stores ever.
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Replace it with a larger one.Originally Posted by rossco_2004
... I've leartn to live with it since I haven't seen that small of fans in stores ever.
woowoo
i tried a 60mm but that's even louder that the small one (once it has stopped the grinding it's very quiet).
I could volt mod it but that's too much effort. I'll wait for it to die.
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i've seen em pretty small...ermm...the fans.....I've leartn to live with it since I haven't seen that small of fans in stores ever.
had to hunt down a 50 mm for my bro's old celeron
pc club had em for about 5 bucks apiece
and if its really THAT small.....
they make those 3rd party chipset fans
tiny little fkrs maybe 30-40mm
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woowoo
i think it's a 50mm.i've seen em pretty small...ermm...the fans.....
had to hunt down a 50 mm for my bro's old celeron
pc club had em for about 5 bucks apiece
and if its really THAT small.....
they make those 3rd party chipset fans
tiny little fkrs maybe 30-40mm
it's on a k6-2 333mhz.
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