hey Yrag, IP..
Monday, May 17, 2004 by DesignCaddy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
with all of the dying hard drives and crazy boot problems, i thought this was humorous.
i turned off my machine for the first time in a month the other day, and when i came back and turned it on it ran for about 5 minutes then shut itself down. i turned it back on to whacked-out display settings. it ran for another 5 minutes, then shut off again. i thought this is strange, it is as if the thing is overheating.. my studio was hot, but not THAT hot! so i turn it back on and sit in my Bios, where it is giving me temperature readings and fan RPM's. system is running at 107fh, processor was at 156fh. i have an athlon, and it typically runs hot.. but that was.. REALLY hot.. however my system fan and processor fans were running fine. so i open up the case and inspect my 7 fans, thinking maybe it was the fan on the video card. everything was fine, but boy was the power supply hot. in fact, it was too hot to touch, and the back of the PS case nearly took the skin off my finger. i realized that the PS fan wasn't spinning.
so i kicked it.
the fan spun right up and began pushing out some extremely hot air. within 30 seconds the case was beginning to feel cool, and in a couple minutes was suprisingly the coolest part of the box.
so, i was suprised at how hot the PS gets over normal usage (mind you i'm using all of its 500 watts).. i was even more suprised at how efficient its fan was.. i figure it must have gotten stuck on some dust after i finally shut it off.
the moral of the story: everything works better when you kick it.
i turned off my machine for the first time in a month the other day, and when i came back and turned it on it ran for about 5 minutes then shut itself down. i turned it back on to whacked-out display settings. it ran for another 5 minutes, then shut off again. i thought this is strange, it is as if the thing is overheating.. my studio was hot, but not THAT hot! so i turn it back on and sit in my Bios, where it is giving me temperature readings and fan RPM's. system is running at 107fh, processor was at 156fh. i have an athlon, and it typically runs hot.. but that was.. REALLY hot.. however my system fan and processor fans were running fine. so i open up the case and inspect my 7 fans, thinking maybe it was the fan on the video card. everything was fine, but boy was the power supply hot. in fact, it was too hot to touch, and the back of the PS case nearly took the skin off my finger. i realized that the PS fan wasn't spinning.
so i kicked it.
the fan spun right up and began pushing out some extremely hot air. within 30 seconds the case was beginning to feel cool, and in a couple minutes was suprisingly the coolest part of the box.
so, i was suprised at how hot the PS gets over normal usage (mind you i'm using all of its 500 watts).. i was even more suprised at how efficient its fan was.. i figure it must have gotten stuck on some dust after i finally shut it off.
the moral of the story: everything works better when you kick it.
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yrag
Reply #3 Monday, May 17, 2004 5:52 PM
I saw the same picture as Ande....your computer didn't stop working....it was hiding
Reply #3 Monday, May 17, 2004 5:52 PM
I saw the same picture as Ande....your computer didn't stop working....it was hiding
yrag
Reply #4 Monday, May 17, 2004 5:57 PM
Reply #4 Monday, May 17, 2004 5:57 PM
OK..OK...my curiosity is getting the best of me Who is the maker of a 500w PS with one fan?
Who is the maker of a 500w PS with one fan?
yrag
Reply #5 Monday, May 17, 2004 6:24 PM
Reply #5 Monday, May 17, 2004 6:24 PM
So much for curiosity.... 
hummmm....maybe he can't find his keyboard
hummmm....maybe he can't find his keyboard
Hus
Reply #7 Monday, May 17, 2004 7:57 PM
Reply #7 Monday, May 17, 2004 7:57 PM
Damn...that''s what I shoulda done! I never kicked the dang thing...maybe all I needed to do was throw it a good beating...
See Ande, you don''t need to listen to Gary...if it don''t work kick it!!
Now where did I put that baseball bat...
[Message Edited]
See Ande, you don''t need to listen to Gary...if it don''t work kick it!!
Now where did I put that baseball bat...
[Message Edited]
yrag
Reply #8 Monday, May 17, 2004 8:16 PM
Reply #8 Monday, May 17, 2004 8:16 PM
Can ya just see a newbie coming here with a problem and the first response he gets is.....
....."OK, get a baseball bat and....."
I like it
....."OK, get a baseball bat and....."
I like it
ToeJo
Reply #9 Monday, May 17, 2004 8:39 PM
Reply #9 Monday, May 17, 2004 8:39 PM
We used to stick a greenie screwdriver in fans that were making noise. It would rattle the fan and knock the dust out and start spinning at full speed again. This would hold us until we got a new fan in it a week or two later. Be careful with a PS fan though...Greenies conduct electricity. 
IPlural
Reply #11 Monday, May 17, 2004 9:37 PM
Reply #11 Monday, May 17, 2004 9:37 PM
lol...
truth be told, I've done that and worse.
Has anyone ever used tooth paste and a tooth brush to clean the fingers on Peripheral Cards, SIM and DIM's when they will not hold a solid connection in a loose socket?
truth be told, I've done that and worse.
Has anyone ever used tooth paste and a tooth brush to clean the fingers on Peripheral Cards, SIM and DIM's when they will not hold a solid connection in a loose socket?
DesignCaddy
Reply #15 Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:44 AM
Reply #15 Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:44 AM
hehe. i forgot to take a picture of the studio to upload, its all clean!
you know.. i never thought about that..probobly why it was so cheap. that one fan does its job well enough though, when it runs.. i have a case fan next to it that help out a lot as well.
| Who is the maker of a 500w PS with one fan? |
you know.. i never thought about that..probobly why it was so cheap. that one fan does its job well enough though, when it runs.. i have a case fan next to it that help out a lot as well.
IPlural
Reply #17 Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:47 PM DC
I've two Antec Case fans, one pushing the other pulling air through the box, a Antec Blower cooling my Video an Antec Blower pulling off the CPU and out the back. It might be a little louder than most would carefor, but I have the tunes cranked up so you can't hear it anyways and it keeps it cool enough
Reply #17 Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:47 PM
DCI've two Antec Case fans, one pushing the other pulling air through the box, a Antec Blower cooling my Video an Antec Blower pulling off the CPU and out the back. It might be a little louder than most would carefor, but I have the tunes cranked up so you can't hear it anyways and it keeps it cool enough
DesignCaddy
Reply #19 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:56 AM
Reply #19 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:56 AM
so i shut the computer off again today, came back tonight and turned it on. fan didn't spin up again. i didnt' feel like dragging the case out of it's little rolly thing again, so i just got behind it and whacked the PS a few times with my fist. didn't work. then i did something really brilliant... i stuck a screwdriver in it, through the little vent slits. i thought i could push it into starting.
after i reset the breaker and turned the machine on again, finding i had done no apparent damage to the unit, the fan still wasn't running so i spent a whole minute just punching it in random spots until i was satisfied with fan speed.
i guess this could have been avoiding if i just vacumed the dust out of it last time..
after i reset the breaker and turned the machine on again, finding i had done no apparent damage to the unit, the fan still wasn't running so i spent a whole minute just punching it in random spots until i was satisfied with fan speed.
i guess this could have been avoiding if i just vacumed the dust out of it last time..
yrag
Reply #20 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:04 AM
Reply #20 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:04 AM
Well, here's the bad news...it in all likely hood is not dust. If that PSU goes wacky on you it could, and probably will, take everything else with it when it goes. I think you might want to grab a new one....
BTW: I admire your means of fixing stuff..
BTW: I admire your means of fixing stuff..
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Reply #1 Monday, May 17, 2004 5:37 PM