rattling noise coming from psu

Ashcrapper · 21 Mar 2006 at 09:46

being driven insane by it :mad:

how easy* is it to open it up to see what the problem is, sounds like a wire on a fan or something. ive got a 680w TT psu.

cheers

*safe

basmic · 21 Mar 2006 at 09:49

How old is the PSU?

Could be the fan is ready to die. If so, get it replaced ASAP - nothing worse than an overheating PSU.

Ashcrapper · 21 Mar 2006 at 09:57

id say its about a year old

Dutch Guy · 21 Mar 2006 at 10:01

It's not that difficult to open a PSU but you gotta be careful as they can store some power.

Also opening a PSU voids the warranty and I think most of them come with a 3 year warranty.

If it is rattling it is perhaps a bearing of the fan that is borked.

Ashcrapper · 21 Mar 2006 at 10:28

you think its worth emailing thermaltake and seeing what they say? only problem is i work from home and cant really afford to have a pc out of action for that long if sending back etc as they could and probably will take ages to sort it

Dutch Guy · 21 Mar 2006 at 10:37

Ashcrapper said:
you think its worth emailing thermaltake and seeing what they say? only problem is i work from home and cant really afford to have a pc out of action for that long if sending back etc as they could and probably will take ages to sort it

The way I see it is that you have four options:
1) Open up the PSU and replace the fan
2) Buy a new PSU and get the old one RMA'd and sell the replacement
3) RMA your PSU
4) Do nothing

If you can't have the computer doen for a few weeks option 1 or 2 looks like the best ones.

thefranklin · 21 Mar 2006 at 16:36

Is the PSU properly set in the case? Sometimes it can come loose and vibrate about. Check how it is seated, and if necessary tighten screws or even add some.

Ashcrapper · 21 Mar 2006 at 17:09

ive emailed TT to see what they say, thanks for the advice m8, will do one of them once they reply

james32 · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:41

got the excact same problem with my hiper PSU sounds if it on its way out.