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Ilium
 Post subject: Computer Fan
PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:35 pm 
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My computer at home just shut off yesterday. After turning it back on, it gave me a message saying that the fan is broken and it could overheat. Does anybody know where I should take it to get the fan replaced? Is this easily done at home?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:41 pm 
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Is it the fan in the power supply, or another fan in the case?

Generally, a fan is not the toughest piece to replace, but you need to get one that is exactly the right size and voltage.

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 Post subject: Re: Computer Fan
PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:46 pm 
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punkdavid wrote:
Is it the fan in the power supply, or another fan in the case?

Generally, a fan is not the toughest piece to replace, but you need to get one that is exactly the right size and voltage.


Yeah, thanks. I called CompUSA and I guess they can do it. I'm not sure what fan it is, the message just says that the "Fan failed" or something.

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Ilium wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
Is it the fan in the power supply, or another fan in the case?

Generally, a fan is not the toughest piece to replace, but you need to get one that is exactly the right size and voltage.


Yeah, thanks. I called CompUSA and I guess they can do it. I'm not sure what fan it is, the message just says that the "Fan failed" or something.


put your hand behind the computer and feel for what fan it is. if its the fan in the box, even i can fix that. just take it out and go get a new one...

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Ilium wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
Is it the fan in the power supply, or another fan in the case?

Generally, a fan is not the toughest piece to replace, but you need to get one that is exactly the right size and voltage.


Yeah, thanks. I called CompUSA and I guess they can do it. I'm not sure what fan it is, the message just says that the "Fan failed" or something.


put your hand behind the computer and feel for what fan it is. if its the fan in the box, even i can fix that. just take it out and go get a new one...


Yeah, if it's just a case fan, and isn't your cpu fan or power supply fan, then any idiot can plug in a new one and screw it to the side of the case,

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Ilium
 Post subject: Re: Computer Fan
PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:19 pm 
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It was the CPU fan and it has to come directly from Dell. That kind of sucks, it could be a couple of days before the wife has her home computer back.

Thanks for the help, though.

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Ilium wrote:
It was the CPU fan and it has to come directly from Dell. That kind of sucks, it could be a couple of days before the wife has her home computer back.

Thanks for the help, though.


Yeah, sounded like the CPU fan, since your MB actually realized the fan was down.

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generally the MOBO wont pick up on the system fan stopping working
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