FOAK: Noisy PSU fan

The fan in my PSU (Bestec ATX 1956F) has gone noisy. It's not rubbing on
anything, and I reckon it's the bearings. And it's bloody irritating,
droning away all evening. So, should I dig into it and replace the fan, or
buy a replacement? And if I should replace it, what's good?

 

Easy enough to replace. Try www.overclockers.co.uk and have a look at
the 80mm cooling fans from YS Tech - cheap and quiet.

 

That'll do. Ta.

 

Even better. I'll dig it out an find the specs tomorrow night.

 

For any lubrication problem the answer is NOT WD40.

 

Then what is it?

 

A lubricant. This isn't rocket science, you know.

 

Yes. WD40 is OK for washing out the crap in bits you can't dismantle
but is not a good lubricant. A drop of '3 in 1' oil is ok for a motor
with a sintered bush.

Some people are quite imaginative in their misuse of this water displacer.
A couple of old articles from the Daily Telegraph:

<quote>
Retired engineer bill Hall from Stockton-on-Tees writes to tell of his
fortuitous discovery for his painful arthritic joints. He's a great fan
of WD40, the universal lubricant whose 1,001 uses include loosening
rusty joints. He noticed his wrist and finger joints seemed more supple
after using it and now finds that a couple of sprays to his knee joints
have the same effect.

"When she read this column a fortnight ago, Mrs P. P. from Dorset was
struck by the Stockton engineer's description of the beneficial effects
of the universal lubricant WD40 when sprayed directly onto painful
muscles and creaky joints - and resolved to act immediately. She herself
has had a lot of pain from an arthritic knee joint, which that Sunday
was being "particularly troublesome". So she asked her husband if he
would kindly fetch the magic potion from the garage. "I gave the knee
two squirts, rubbing it in to save dribbling on the carpet, and a couple
to my painful thumb for good measure," she writes. "And, blow me,
neither knee nor thumb have bothered me since."

There is an obvious analogy here with Dorothy's lubrication of the Tin
Man's rusty joins in the Wizard of Oz - although the mechanism of action
must presumably be different - and as another reader points out, the
instructions include the admonition: "Avoid contact with the skin"; so
care should be taken not to overdo it.

</quote>

 

WD40 always works for me too. It sorted out a laser printer that I got
from work that was squeaking and leaving tracks and traces on
printouts. It's great for sorting out dodgy contacts and the like too.

But I'd never oil my bike chain with it.

 

I know what you mean, better to use something like DWF that has a
lubricant in it...

 

Snake Oil.

 

As straight as a bat made from Corkscrew Willow and definitely below the
belt.
What do you call that form of sarcasm? Is it litotes?

 

Looking at the CV on your website, not very much.

I'd rewrite it if I were you since there's little chance of that
encouraging anyone, apart from a fuckwit, to employ you.

Here's a free tip; a CV is not the place for 'humour'.

 

Jesus fucking wept.

Many years ago I had the misfortune to see a poster suggesting to
mechanics that keeping oily rags in trouser pockets was a bad idea; a
picture of a very badly affected set of bollocks. Scabby, red, swollen
and with flaking skin. I'd suspect that rubbing WD40 on your skin would
have a similar outcome with time.

Plus Gas on the other hand...

 

80mm x 80mm x 25mm, as it happens. Good guess.

Arrgh. Forgot this, and I've just put the PSU, PC et al abck together
again. Bugger.

I couldn't find the WD40, so I used a couple of drops of 3in1. Lovely,
quiet.

 

Not just that: now it's recognised as being carcinogenic.

Quite possibly, iwt.

 

I thought that it *might* have mentioned cancer but wasn't certain.
FWIW this was in a Wiltshire County Council DLO workshop 19 years ago...

Still, if they're old it'll save on the pension.

 

Not quite the impression your CV gave, but 'whatever'.

*shrug* my comment was about the CV rather than anything else.

 

You might just as well buy a 650 watt quiet psu for about 25 quid
otherwise you might be able to ping the rotor off and re-oil with a
light oil and hope you haven't distorted it too much

 

Squirt some WD40 at it

prolly fix it until you can do a proper job