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Case fan size
Name: Netskimmer Date: August 24, 2005 at 06:12:41 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: p4 2.8GHz / 1GB DDR 400
Comment:
The bearings are going out in one of my case fans, my computer sound like a can opener when I first boot up. When I looked for a new one I noticed that they have different sizes, 80mm, 88mm, 90mm, ect... When I look at the fan that is failing I can't find a measurment written anywhere and looking up the manufacturere and part number didn't help. What do these measurments refer to and how do I properly measure the one I have?
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Name: StuartS Date: August 24, 2005 at 08:38:08 Pacific
Reply:
If you are replacing an existing fan, measure the diameter of the blades. If you were fitting a fan where there was non before you would measure the distance between two adjacent screw holes and round down to the nearest 10mm. I can say I have ever seen 88mm fans. 80 and 90mm is the usual sizes.
Stuart
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Response Number 3
Name: Rick McNabb Date: August 24, 2005 at 09:02:32 Pacific
Reply:
If you are in a metrically challenged conutry, check out this site:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
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Response Number 4
Name: mvoltage Date: August 24, 2005 at 11:29:14 Pacific
Reply:
http://www.dansdata.com/fanmaint.htm
Oil your fan and save $
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Response Number 5
Name: Netskimmer Date: August 24, 2005 at 11:54:21 Pacific
Reply:
To tau_titan and Stuart: Thanks for the measuring info. There was an 88mm fan on NewEgg.com but it may have been I typo.
To Rick McNabb: Thanks but I’m not metrically challenged. I just didn’t know what component to measure, the fan blades or the fan casing ect…
To mvoltage: Thanks, I’ll try oiling the fan before buying a new one.
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