Way to temporarily disable psu fan?

[jVoglae]

My psu is making a very faint rattling/ cracklings noise. I want to disable the psu fan temporarily so I can see what’s making the noise. Thanks.

[Omega]

Simply stop with with a screw driver. Don't push the screw driver in to the actual PSU, that is very dangerous.

[_I_]

use a pencil or ziptie, not metal opbect

[sawdust3d]

IMHO, for safety reasons, even if you can see what's wrong in the PSU, unless you are a qualified technician, you've got no business going inside a PSU.

It's the only truly dangerous part of a PC.

The capacitors still hold a charge even after its unplugged.

Best regards,

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Opprinnelig skrevet av _I_:

use a pencil or ziptie, not metal opbect

This. Though honestly can anyone tell me why it’d be necessary to stop the PSU fan from operating immediately after a power down when the point of having that fan temporarily on is to cool off the PSU?

Opprinnelig skrevet av sawdust3d:

IMHO, for safety reasons, even if you can see what's wrong in the PSU, unless you are a qualified technician, you've got no business going inside a PSU.

It's the only truly dangerous part of a PC.

The capacitors still hold a charge even after its unplugged.

Best regards,

Also this. The residual charge can be very fatal. It’s almost as dangerous as having to get inside a Macintosh Plus.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just use the paper-towel-roll to ear trick