Comments on: IMG Quickie: Fix a noisy case fan caveman style

By: sonac

sonac — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:36:25 +0000

I am just posting a link to a guide on my website, which is describing this same procedure in detail – with photos.
http://www.lowfps.com/fixing-a-noisy-pc-fan

By: Chris Duckworth

Chris Duckworth — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:34:18 +0000

I have tried this on at least 5 fans around my workplace and was successful with all of them.
I did have one of my own computers which was constantly a pain. I did it multiple times with this one, but the fix never seemed permanent. I think once I hit it a little side on which meant it no longer ran all that smoothly. A replacement was eventually needed. It definantly bought me some time though.
It is a better option than disconecting the fan as the fan is required. You would only ever use this technique on a fan which is already faulty.

By: VvWolverinevV

VvWolverinevV — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:17:21 +0000

Have you used this method on multiple occassions with the same fan, or with multiple fans? If it is multiple fans, with how many have you been successful?