My PSU fan has recently developed a tick like a watch recently, does anyone have any experience of PSU fan replacement, particularly enermax. The rear fan is fine its the bigger one that has the issue, (finger press to slow rpm,tick stops, beeping ensued,remove finger, ticks resume)
Ticking Fan on Enermax Galaxy 1000w (Had it a while No RMA)
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opps sry yea missed that one and thats with me glasses on
the psu fan is 135mm not easy to get hold of if at all
if it were me i'd get a good 120mm and fit that
Fitting a new PSU fan isn't too difficult but you do need to be careful to either discharge the large capacitors or just don't touch or lick them as apparently the amount of residual charge held can be quite dangerous.
You may find that the fan is powered by two wires instead of the customary three wires of most fans these days. You may also find that the connector fitted to the PSU PCB is incompatible with the standard fan header connector. You may also find the fan connector is hot glued or epoxied in place.
So if the connector is different/glued in place you can always snip the existing wires and solder your own fan in place. The yellow speed wire can be routed back to your motherboard if you wish where you can see how fast it spins.
If the connector is a two pin standard fan header you can just swap the fans over.
Quite how a 120mm would mount in a 135mm position I am unsure of. PSU makers have clearly used this strange size as it is the largest you can accomodate in an ATX sized PSU but also so that Joe Public cannot swap them easily, as that may damage future sales. Maybe you'll be able to fit 1 screw and then make some custom holes for the remainder or use some of that sticky tape stuff modders sometimes use.
You may find that the fan is powered by two wires instead of the customary three wires of most fans these days. You may also find that the connector fitted to the PSU PCB is incompatible with the standard fan header connector. You may also find the fan connector is hot glued or epoxied in place.
So if the connector is different/glued in place you can always snip the existing wires and solder your own fan in place. The yellow speed wire can be routed back to your motherboard if you wish where you can see how fast it spins.
If the connector is a two pin standard fan header you can just swap the fans over.
Quite how a 120mm would mount in a 135mm position I am unsure of. PSU makers have clearly used this strange size as it is the largest you can accomodate in an ATX sized PSU but also so that Joe Public cannot swap them easily, as that may damage future sales. Maybe you'll be able to fit 1 screw and then make some custom holes for the remainder or use some of that sticky tape stuff modders sometimes use.
Thank heavens for the bay of E, managed to source the correct fan from someone breaking the same model dead PSU for parts, fitted it and ticking is a thing of the past, for anyone else thinking of doing this the fan power is socketed so in my case splicing was not necessary, not a regular one though, its small like the ones on a video card.