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August 5th, 2007 03:00

9200 front intake fan

Hi all, Is there a trick to accessing the front intake fan on the 9200? Like most 9200s, the fan has started to buzz, I thought I'd replace it or clean it, or something. I was hoping there was some trick to getting the fan out without unscrewing the hood covering the CPU heatsink. Thanks
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    ManyDimensions

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    Posted August 5th, 2007 10:00

    ilikedonuts  (me too)
     
    Well, unfortunately I have never tried to remove either the CPU cooling fan, nor the lower case (called rear fan) on the Dimension 9200 with the motherboard still in the case. I normally do a complete tear down to avoid an OOPS!
     
    The heat sink/shield is an assembly, or in other words comes out as one piece. If you don't have any thermal paste, some people swear they can reuse the existing thermal compound. I don't follow that practice myself.
     
    First I would make absolutely certain that the fan is the source for the buzzing noise you hear. Normally the buzz or vibration comes from either the side cover or a loose cable that runs across the top of the fan shroud.
     
     
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    contrvlr

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    Posted August 5th, 2007 12:00


    ManyDimensions wrote:
     
    The heat sink/shield is an assembly, or in other words comes out as one piece. If you don't have any thermal paste, some people swear they can reuse the existing thermal compound. I don't follow that practice myself.

    While I agree that reusing the thermal paste is not proper practice, I have done so on my Dells on quite a few occasions with no temperature differences.
    As long as the paste has not hardened and one is careful not to smudge it , it should not pose a problem.
    One machine that I did goof up and smudge the paste on, now has AS5 on it and idles higher than it did with the stock paste, very disappointing.
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    ilikedonuts

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    Posted August 5th, 2007 22:00

    Thanks for the info. Are you sure the CPU heatsink, shield, and front intake fan are part of the same piece? I always assumed the shield and fan were, but not the heat sink. I wish Dell would just use normal parts and cases. I suppose I can't say for sure that the buzzing is coming from the fan itself, but I'm pretty sure - if it isn't, it could be a stray cable, I'll go check later on.
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    Amherst67

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    Posted August 21st, 2007 05:00

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