On 08 Mar 14:49, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 08/03/10 14:29, John Woodard wrote:
A quick search on ebay shows loads of 40mm fans for around 2 and a half quid. May be of help depends on the type of heat sink it screws onto.
It's the heatsink that's the issue. It's a custom thing with a circular cutout for the fan, which is screwed down into the heatsink in two places.
I wondered if anyone had every found someone who sells anything other than the square-frame 40mm fans, or who had managed to rejuvenate one which was (apparently) coming to the end of it's life.
Since I don't do any gaming I might just pull the fan off and see how hot it gets without one, or would that be unwise?
Sounds very similar to the chipset fans on board on some ASUS motherboards, heatsink literally just a circle, fan screws with 2 screws opposite each other on to the heatsink?
I've "temporarily" repaired a fair number of them on the motherboard... but never found somewhere to get an actual replacement fan. There should be a sticker on the back of the fan, take that off and squirt lots of WD40 at it, then play with the fan until it loosens off, you can now apply some grease if you've got it, otherwise cover the hole back up, plonk it back in place, and you should be alright for at least a couple of months.
Cheers,