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So there I was, putting my three-year-old to bed, reading him stories, when I heard this low droning sound. The neighbours revving their motorbikes ? A truck in the street ? A jet circling overhead ?

Nope, couldn't find the cause.

Then I returned to my studio and there it was HUMMMMMMMM.....

Oh no. A horrible sort of whirring, buzzing sound coming from my DAW. A reached around and felt the air vent - no flow and hot. A new power supply for me tomorrow methinks.

Just thought I'd share this pathetic story.

Now, how hard is it to install a power supply again ?

pretty hard if you don't have a screwdriver lying around
But seriously, not hard. Carefully study your cabling coming from the PSU, then disconnect all cabling. Unscrew the 2 of 4 screws on the back, remove the PSU, put the new one in place, connect the cables and discover that you need one more molex-type 5V/12V connector. Better get an extra molex Y-cable just in case!
Good luck! Hope no serious damage was done.
Cheers!

Oh, I recently had to change the powersuply's fan in my Mac. Of course I could buy a new PSU but what for? At the Apple site I found a DIY part where PSU removal was explained screw by screw. I did it and was proud of myself like I won a war The fan wasn't out of order completly. It just vibrated due to something undiscovered. It was so annoying!!!


Sometimes small things make your life better

Are you sure it isn't just the Fan that needs replacing? In that case you can get around it a lot cheaper by buying a 80mm fan, or at least those are standard PSU-fans.
They aren't that difficult to replace either, but you'll have to take the PSU out of the PC and you may need to do a little soldering in order to feed the new fan electricity, but chances are the connections are done by clips.

Cheers!
Thomas

"Soldering" Way beyond my manual skill level.

I've bought a new AOpen 400W unit to arrive Monday or Tuesday. Screwdriver is waiting.

Of course just now I have lots of work on and have a big job lined up Wednesday night that must be delivered by dawn Thursday...

Funny thing is that I knew the fan would give out soon - I've been listening to it rattle for the past couple of months thinking to myself "It'll die just when I need it most".

There is sure to be some profound cosmic law about such things...

Indeed, and this is called:

Murphy's laws Chek it out...

http://dmawww.epfl.ch/roso.mosaic/dm/murphy.html

Hey... I don't belive this crap! Just in case...

i know murphy(john).please be careful with this stuff as it certainly is connected to the workings of the universe.

Uhhh... kudos to all the DIY'ers out there. Your heart is in the right place... but it's not worth the risk. If I had a powersupply fan go out (actually I have so there's no need for the hypothetical) I'd just get a nice new one and consider myself lucky that I caught it in time to prevent damage to my earth-shattering Creamware cards and the hard drives which have borne the fruits of my labor. Not unless you're certain you've got backups and a bitchin home/rental insurance policy.

Sam

...and for the record, the Antec TruePower (or whatever the stupid marketing name is) PSs are awesome. Super quiet, good airflow. The 430W ones aren't that expensive either.

Sam