Evil noise sorta like a drill

[One Armed Scissor]

my PC keeps makeing IT! at first i was "hmm cpu fan" new heatsink... noise again (it does it randomly) yesterday it made the noise when i turned my speakers on stopped when i turned em off so i put headphones in... today it kept makeing the noise so i unplug case fan... noise.. unplug hd... noise... unplug floppy.. no noise.. yay!.. but after me removeing it... noise... so i uplug DVD-ROM... noise... unpluf DVD-RW... noise... so by a process of elimintation i dont know what it is... but when i put my PC on the side... no noise \o/... so i dunno what it is.

any ideas?

[Necto]

Keep it on the side :P

[One Armed Scissor]

Keep it on the side :P

but it looks naff and take up too much space.

and i cant use my DVD drives then...

what if its the PSU fan... i have nooooooo idea what i need to look for for a new one... motherfucking tiny went in adminsitration a day before the noise started, how shit is that.

it does it randomly like yesterday no noises at all, all was good, but today it kept doing it till i turned it on the side...

[justinalot]

its the ball bearings in the fans

Prob the PSU try and clean it

but make sure you are earthed

[One Armed Scissor]

try and clean it! i heard the capacators in that thing can kill you even when its off.

how would i go about it

[One Armed Scissor]

oh yeah and i seen PSU's for £10 i suppose i should stay away from those... but i need about a 350w-400w PSU my current one is 350w. but i need it to be cheap but will be good. i have no money to spend and well basically theres no way in hell id be able to buy a new one unless its about £20-30 (inc delivery)

[Vasquez]

R-u-b-b-e-r g-l-o-v-e-s

[Ultimator]

Satans in your puter, call Keanu Reves!

[One Armed Scissor]

wtf?

[Vasquez]

Rubber gloves will stop you killing yourself.

Keuneau Reeves kills demons in Constantine, and lives in a computer in Matriz.

[Ludicrouse]

PSU's arnt worth the hassle to fix... And i wudnt try it even if i had 2 inch thick rubber gloves. Those capacitors WILL kill you... and even if your super lucky and they dont... It will take your fingers or even your hand right off.

Best idea is to buy a decent one... about £40 for a 400w one...

[Vasquez]

Who needs a stun gun (or some shock paddles) when you can just rip off your PSU casing and throw it at people.

[One Armed Scissor]

PSU's scare me.

[Echor]

PSU's scare me.PSU's don't scare me :)
It really is a fairly simple job to remove the cover and replace (or oil in some cases) the fan.

Assuming that the psu is out of the comp and not connected to the mains there is little danger from the capacitors, its a step down transformer, not a UHT step up one, so voltages are low not high (like in a tv).

The problems are more simple normally, the plug on the end of the fan will almost certainly be slightly different to the one on the replacement fan, so some time spent with a pin gently persuading the pins out of the socket is often the hardest part of the job. Or simply cut the wire and solder on the old plug (don't forget to insulate the bare wires).

[One Armed Scissor]

i could do with a 400w PSU anyway. this current one is only 350w. no evil noise today, fan still spinning... so its not dead yet its just on its way out.

[One Armed Scissor]

well now it wont stop making the noise sometimes i managed to use the PC for 5min somthimes it does it as soo ias i turn it on, looks like i need a new one :(