Daniel's problem is the CPU fan. That doesn't have any affect on the hard
drive. But it does keep the processor cool. The power supply and other
chassis fans keep the rest cool. Some confusion may come up because a lot of
folks (and manufacturers) casually refer to the main box as the CPU, but if
you're in the guts of the PC and buying parts, CPU means only the processor
chip itself (e.g. Pentium II) You can get fans for hard drives, but I've
never come across any machines that had them as standard equipment, except
maybe big high density file servers. But replacing it is best - don't want
the CPU to burn out. Just make sure you get the right one for your
processor. And some CPUs with the same name come in different forms. Pentium
IIs may be "Slot 1" or "Socket 370" form, and need different fans. If you're
REALLY into wanting to know about PC cooling, do some web searching on
"overclocking" - running your CPU faster than the manufacturer intended.
There are some guys that will do about anything to push the most speed out
of a chip that was never meant to do it, and to do that they can come up
with some pretty outrageous cooling ideas.
Eddie
----- Original Message -----
From "Michael Weeks" <mweeks16 at home.com>
To: <Daniel1312@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:00 PM
Subject: RE: PC hardware question - No LBC
> Daniel,
>
> I worked in an office where those fans burned up regularly. Go to
Staples
> or
> Office Max and buy a new one and install it, Piece of cake. But ya gotta
> have
> one, keeps the inside cool so the hard drive won't heat up. Later
>
> Mike W
> 60 Bugeye
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Daniel1312@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 3:43 PM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: PC hardware question - No LBC
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> The little fan that is fixed to the heat sink on the CPU of my PC sounds
> like
> it is running a bearing. As far as I know (someone built the PC for me)
> this
> little fan is only about a couple of years or so old. How long ought this
> little fan last? Also it runs just fine when I remove the PC cover and
the
> noise it makes dies down after it has been running a while. What should I
> do? Should I just replace this fan?
>
> Daniel1312
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