On May 15, 2:31 pm, "Rod Speed"
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>>> Rod Speed
gmail.com> wrote>>> Pokerskatershark
yahoo.com> wrote>>>>> Just replace it.
>>>>>> This might be beyond what I can manage.
>>>>> In some ways its easier to replace a fan than a hard drive unless its the cpu fan.
>>>> Which one is the CPU fan?
>>> The one thats mounted on the cpu.
>>>> Sorry, I know, bad question, but I am just learning about computers.
>>> The fans that arent the cpu fan are normally mounted on the case in some way.
>>> The cpu fan is mounted on the motherboard.
>>> There may be more than one fan mounted on the motherboard. There can be a
>>> chipset fan mounted on the motherboard as well. The cpu fan is the biggest fan.
>>>> I cloned and put in a new hard drive. This morning, the noise at the start up was there.
>>> Yeah, that sort of startup noise is hardly ever due to the hard drive.
>>>> It sounded like it was rev-ving up or something. Now nothing.
>>>> However, yesterday it was a constant loud noise.
>>> Its almost certainly one of the case fans. Like I said previously,
>>> you can work out which fan is making the noise by putting something
>>> insulating thru the fan blades with the system turned off and
>>> turning the system on. You wont get any noise when you
>>> turn the system on when you have stopped the noisy fan.
>>> Dont do that with the cpu fan tho, even a very short time stopped can kill the cpu.
>>>> Much thanks!
>> The noise is coming from the fan that is under a black
>> hood type thing. There is a fan and then a tower directly
>> across from it. That is the fan that is making the noise.
>> It says "Nidec TA450DC"
>> I see rubber type screws holding it in place and have no idea
>> how to remove that without breaking those off. So, I left it
>> alone for now until I can research how to remove it safely.
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> You should get new ones with the replacement fan.
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>> Or, am I not supposed to remove that one?
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> No, they can certainly be replaced.
Excellent! I will order one ASAP.
Thanks again for all the help!!!
