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From: RayLopez99 on 23 Mar 2010 03:59
Little ball bearings making a rattling sound, like a cicada...comes
and goes, seems to be worse on cold days, and a mild slap on the cover
seems to make it stop sometimes. Does this problem ever go away?
Probably not. Does it get worse with age? That's my question. If
so, I might be tempted to replace the fan, but there's so many screws
and cables I have to adjust to do it, that I rather just ask here
first.

RL
From: Flasherly on 23 Mar 2010 14:34
On Mar 23, 3:59 am, RayLopez99 <raylope...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Little ball bearings making a rattling sound, like a cicada...comes
> and goes, seems to be worse on cold days, and a mild slap on the cover
> seems to make it stop sometimes. Does this problem ever go away?
> Probably not. Does it get worse with age? That's my question. If
> so, I might be tempted to replace the fan, but there's so many screws
> and cables I have to adjust to do it, that I rather just ask here
> first.
>
> RL

I'm an expert on that. The cookie-crumble breaks -- or no fun for the
lazy. Good part about it is you'll feel better once you do. Also
read the reviews and get a good fan for replacement.

--
I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will
have someone to talk to. -RD
From: RayLopez99 on 23 Mar 2010 16:23
On Mar 23, 8:34 pm, Flasherly <Flashe...(a)live.com> wrote:
> On Mar 23, 3:59 am, RayLopez99 <raylope...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Little ball bearings making a rattling sound, like a cicada...comes
> > and goes, seems to be worse on cold days, and a mild slap on the cover
> > seems to make it stop sometimes.  Does this problem ever go away?
> > Probably not.  Does it get worse with age?  That's my question.  If
> > so, I might be tempted to replace the fan, but there's so many screws
> > and cables I have to adjust to do it, that I rather just ask here
> > first.
>
> > RL
>
> I'm an expert on that. The cookie-crumble breaks -- or no fun for the
> lazy.  Good part about it is you'll feel better once you do.  Also
> read the reviews and get a good fan for replacement.
>


OK thanks--I'll probably get a cheap fan though since this is an XP
machine that is on its last legs...if it runs another 3-5 years I'll
be happy.

And as bad luck would have it, as I type this the cicada sound has
become "permanent". Before it would go away, but today, despite my
usual tricks, it is not staying quiet. Maybe something broke in the
ball-bearing race / sleeve part. I actually have too many fans in
this tower, and as it does not appear to require that many fans I just
might throw away the offending fan and not even replace it.

RL
From: larry moe 'n curly on 23 Mar 2010 16:29


RayLopez99 wrote:
>
> Little ball bearings making a rattling sound, like a cicada...comes
> and goes, seems to be worse on cold days, and a mild slap on the cover
> seems to make it stop sometimes. Does this problem ever go away?
> Probably not. Does it get worse with age? That's my question. If
> so, I might be tempted to replace the fan, but there's so many screws
> and cables I have to adjust to do it, that I rather just ask here
> first.

Nobody has ever proved that fan ball bearings fail under Windows. ;)

Ball bearings usually start whining when they become worn. Could
your fan have a bad thrust washer? Sometimes just pulling or pushing
on the fan hub makes the noise go away.
From: RayLopez99 on 24 Mar 2010 05:42
On Mar 23, 10:29 pm, "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencu...(a)my-deja.com>
wrote:
> RayLopez99 wrote:

> Ball bearings usually start whining when they become worn.   Could
> your fan have a bad thrust washer?  Sometimes just pulling or pushing
> on the fan hub makes the noise go away.

thanks. The sound did go away...at least for today. I don't want to
make too many vibrations at my desk...sound might come back. I'll
keep your fan hub hint in mind next time.

Do you have a favorite way of making your PC super quiet? That might
be a subject for a separate thread... I know about hints like: "use
non-aluminum cases", "sound proof foam" but are there super quiet
(titanium?) fans? For my power supply it's so quiet i swear the fan
is not spinning fast enough...but I don't have an overheating problem
(I monitor the chip temperature) so it must be working.

RL
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