Re: is my power supply dieing?

After opening the box I found that the fan I was talking about is a
chassis fan..... sorry.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:13 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> On 7/13/20 8:41 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > inxi tells me this about my fans:
> > Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-1: 3139 fan-3: 0
> Look at the fan while it's on... does it look like it's spinning? It
> possible that it IS spinning and the CPU fan is fimply plugged into the
> wrong fan connector or the CPU fan is running but is a 2 wire fan that
> doesn't report fan speeds.
> > So my cpu fan isn't working. I thought my computer would CRASH/FREEZE
> > more often if the cpu fan wasn't working.
> There is still a heat sync which does give the CPU a bit of cooling all
> by itself, so that could give you a buffer until it can't cope with the
> amount of heat being produced anymore.
> > I'm not sure but I think my power supply fan is running slow. Is that a thing?
> That's absolutely a thing, and one of the most common power supply
> problems you will find. If your fan is indeed spinning slow, it is
> possible to replace a CPU fan but it will require a little bit of
> soldering if you are comfortable with that. You can also buy yourself a
> little time by putting some oil on the fans bearings.. but it won't buy
> you very much time... a few months maybe.
> Otherwise, if your sure it's spinning slow, it might be time for a new
> power supply.... but make sure it's truly spinning slow. If you are
> using an LED flashlight, it may be using PWM modulation to dim the
> light, which can make computer fans appear to spin at different speeds
> that they actually are.
>
> Good Luck,
> Brian Cluff
>
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