OT: Removing fan from 486's power supply?

Asmala · #1 August 13th, 2003, 04:19 PM

How much warmth the old 486's power supply produces? Is it certain that something will be damaged if I remove the fan? It's the only fan in the machine so removing it would make it silent.

trooper · #2 August 13th, 2003, 04:27 PM

Depends on the temperature in the room. Think it's dangerous for your power supply, anyway (and it will be very hard to find another one, if it's an AT model...). Nethertheless, if you try to remove it, remove the PC cover too.

Ruatha · #3 August 13th, 2003, 04:31 PM

Better to put a resistor on it with a temperature detector.
There are cheap ones that you just solder into the power vire to the fan.

trooper · #4 August 13th, 2003, 04:41 PM

Or try to find a more discrete fan, if the one you have is too old

Asmala · #5 August 13th, 2003, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by trooper:
Or try to find a more discrete fan, if the one you have is too old

I've never changed a fan inside a power supply but I suppose it won't be very easy to change. Hmm... after reconsidering the matter it might be easy to change if I just open the power supply (I've never done that

) But if I'd buy a new fan to it the fan would be more expensive than the whole computer

I think I'll done nothing to the computer. It's just an old junk which I use seldom (but I don't want to break it however).

Gryphin · #6 August 13th, 2003, 05:19 PM

I would discourage you from trying to remove the fan. I'd suggest finding a sourse of "white sound" or "background noise". What I mean is play a CD with music that counters what I am guessing is a high pitch whine. something with a deaper bass might work.

What ever you do:
Backup your data. If that power supply goes you may not be able to find a replacement.