Re: Fan installation

Hi:

You already got a new P.Supply is fine. How it is? Does it has a 120 mm fan.
Maybe like these ones?

http://www.qtechnology.net/html/en/psu.htm

For the photos you send us, the grilles gaps are very narrow, I do not know
if they will allow a good flow of air. I will try to fix the fan using a
temporal way, using a couple of cable bridle, and see if the temperature
goes down.

Let us know.

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Un saludo
Juan Perez

"Daryl" <darylbarberNOSPAMPLEASE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eIBywYTRHHA.3500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I've just had to replace my PSU after the last one started smoking. My
new
PSU only has a single fan (the last had 2) and as a result I've noticed
that
my PC temperatures are up.

Does a second PSU fan make a huge difference? I'm surprised that so many
PSUs have only a single fan.

Anyway, with the single fan PSU, my motherboard goes up to 41C and the CPU
to around 61C when in use. I have
a Pentium4 2.66

So, I've decided that a case fan is the way to go.

I've chosen a fan:

http://tinyurl.com/2fle8k which is the correct size and has the correct
connections.

However, having looked at the rear of my ATX case I'm a little unsure - I
was expecting lots of holes or a removable section - but I have some
grilles
(marked 'Dual fan system'). The lower grill is for a 70mm fan and the
upper
for an 80mm (the one I've chosen, right)?

The case looks like this from the outside:

http://tinyurl.com/3c35vq

and like this from the inside:

http://tinyurl.com/2qheg5

Note that the grilles have a kind of metal canopy over them - I presume to
prevent dust ingress?

So - how would I fit the fan? Do I simply hold it against the inside of
the
case and screw from the outside? The picture of the fan shows a 'layered'
surround of the fan - are the screws really long and they simply screw
through the case, through the first layer and then the second?

I can also only locate 2 holes (and that's all they are - holes) for
screws
I presume. Will that suffice?

Or am I wrong and I need to remove something (there doesn't seem to be
anything to remove though).

I'm sure it's a very simple job but I don't want to make a silly mistake!

Thanks,

Kroma





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