Fixing my Daughter's Computer
My daughter's computer was making a buzzing noise. We sort of ignored it at first, but as it got louder and louder, eventually we had to address it. We shut down the micro-PC and investigated the problem.
When we powered it up, the boot screen gave an error message indicating the problem was a malfunctioning fan.
We found a replacement fan for $15.00 on Amazon. Once it arrived, we popped open the case. I carefully removed the old fan and installed the new one.
I could feel the resistance when spinning the old fan, compared to the new one that moved smoothly.
I put the PC back together and we powered it up...
We were delighted to see it power up and even more happy to hear no noise at all!
Rather than buying a whole new PC, a $15.00 fan and some time and effort restored our PC back like new!
Ever fix a computer before?
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Glad her computer is back alive and working well.
I hope it won't show any issue soon.
I'm hoping to get many more years from this machine. !BBH
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Nice, cheap and simple repair! Did you build that computer yourself originally?
Not computer hardware. My son and I built a computer for the first time about a year ago.
I had fun building machines many years ago, but these days I just buy them pre-built. !BBH
That's probably what I would do next time too. Glad to have built one for the learning experience, but I don't think I'd want to do it again.
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I fixed many software-related issues on my own. But, for any hardware-related issues, I got help from the experts!
It's good to hear that you could fix the fan issue on your own without going to the experts or purchasing a new one!
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Excellent repair for $15!👍🤗
Wonderful that you are gifted my friend!👍
With a family of five, I don’t think we would have financially survived if I didn’t repair things myself over the years!😇😍
have been building and repairing pc's since +/- 1989 😎
Great job bro i am always fixing things on my computer over the years it is a handy skill to learn these days,
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Nice work, brother! I've repaired and upgraded my own, and other people's computers many times. I'm grateful to have a great set of tools for it now that makes such tasks much easier. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
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May be the FAN or hdd
Glad it was just a simple problem with an easy fix, and parts for those mini PCs are in abundance. I should get one of those. They're great for all these DePIN mining and other airdrop farming activities that I'm into right now.
So, to answer your question, let me tell you a bit about myself. One of my uncles (he's an electronics engineer) got me into computers back in 1981 with a computer kit (Acorn Atom) he brought back home from a trip to the UK.
He taught me everything I needed to know to get started into the wonderful realm of computing. That fired up my interest in computers and graphics so much that I decided to take computer science (instead of Fine Arts) later in college. And I've been building, troubleshooting, and repairing computers since 1987.
Now, let me share with you a fix I've done on a fan too, but that of a power supply unit. This happened back in 2020 during the start of lockdown. I heard my computer make this grinding sound and found out that it was the fan, it had stopped spinning too. So I pulled out the computer from under my desk and plopped it on the table.
Got the power supply out and poked the fan with a stick and tried to turn it. Sure enough it was stuck and I thought it was a goner. Since it was lockdown, going out to the store to get a replacement was impossible, and so was ordering online. People were afraid to go out and deliver stuff.
But then I thought of opening up the power supply and taking out the fan to see if I could do anything about it. i chatted first with my uncle and he told me to peel off the label underneath the hub and remove the rubber cap. Then I applied a drop of sewing machine oil and turned the fan blade around several times.
When I felt that it was lubricated enough I put the rubber cap back on and glued back the label and put the fan back into the power supply, being careful not to touch any of the big capacitors in there, or I wouldn't be here right now typing this lengthy reply. 🤣
After installing the power supply back into the computer and connecting the cables, I powered it on a checked to see if the fan was spinning. Yep, it was, and no grinding sound. So, I let it run for a minute and then turned the computer off again to put it back into its place under my desk.
And I've been doing this to the fan twice a year since then, and the power supply is still working right now, powering this desktop in my bedroom that I use for personal stuff, including all my onchain social activities and airdrop farming. 😁
Wow, thank you for the detailed comment! That is great advice on fixing a computer fan. When you said "power supply" i thought perhaps there would be a SHOCKING conclusion to the story, thankfully everything turned out fine. !BBH
Thanks for the appreciation. While it worked for me, it's something I wouldn't recommend to anyone who isn't fully aware of how dangerous it is to go poking around in an open power supply. I'm glad I have an uncle who taught me a thing or two about electronics and electrical systems, plus also the basic electronics class I had back in college.
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