Fan for PC

Cucullan

Are all Fans for PC's standard fitting? I need to replace the one in a Dell Diemention 4600. Is it just a matter of popping the old on out and the new one in?

Ri_Nollaig

wat size is it? 60mm 80mm 120mm? im not to fimilar wit the 4600 myself but they are either attached wit plastic clips or screws and once its the same size its grand
some fans use a kinda half molex cable others use the standard fan plug if thats wat u mean?

Cucullan

Ri_Nollaig wrote:

wat size is it? 60mm 80mm 120mm? im not to fimilar wit the 4600 myself but they are either attached wit plastic clips or screws and once its the same size its grand
some fans use a kinda half molex cable others use the standard fan plug if thats wat u mean?

I don't know the size so I'll have to take it out and measure it? How do I know what cable it is? (molex or standard)

maidhc

Out of interest what is your problem with the 4600?

I had a fan on my 4600 make a screeching noise one day for about 30 seconds. It stopped and hasn't recurred in over a month.

The fan on them slides into notches on the panel at the back. It also has a green cover hinging onto it to pull air through the CPU heatsink. I presume an ordinary fan could be fitted, but it might take some modifications.

Ri_Nollaig

Cucullan wrote:

I don't know the size so I'll have to take it out and measure it? How do I know what cable it is? (molex or standard)

molex is bigger its the same kinda cable that goes into cd drives etc r IDE hard drives's it will have 4 female pins but only 2 will actaully b wired, generaly OEM ones will have a clear/white plastic plug.
the standard ones (cant remember if they have a fancy name) is just 3 pins in a much smaller plug
like this
btw u can kinda tell by eye but measuring it works too 120mm is huge!

Cucullan

maidhc wrote:

Out of interest what is your problem with the 4600?

I had a fan on my 4600 make a screeching noise one day for about 30 seconds. It stopped and hasn't recurred in over a month.

The fan on them slides into notches on the panel at the back. It also has a green cover hinging onto it to pull air through the CPU heatsink. I presume an ordinary fan could be fitted, but it might take some modifications.

Its actually a friends PC and recently when he turns it on the fan fails to start causing an error, he then has to press F1 to get started but without the fan working so I'm guessing unless he gets it fixed soon his PC or some part of it is going to overheat and do damage

Zynks

The system wouldn't detect a faulty case fan (Anyone disagree?). Could you be referring to the CPU fan? If so, your friend could have a dead processor at any moment...

Cucullan

Zynks wrote:

The system wouldn't detect a faulty case fan (Anyone disagree?). Could you be referring to the CPU fan? If so, your friend could have a dead processor at any moment...

Thats possible, he just came into work and told me some fan warning comes up on startup I just guessed. His PC still works ok though?

Zynks

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