Loud DC Fan

vladi02 · Post by **vladi02** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 5:53 pm

I just bought a dreamcast off of eBay and the fan seems pretty loud compared to a friend of mines. How can I replace the fan?

jessman · Post by **jessman** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:59 pm

Hey, sorry to disappoint you but unless u wanna spend lots on repairs than just buy a new dreamcast. My friend had a huge CHUURRRRRR on his dreamcast too and he couldn't find a way to repair HIS fan at all.[/img]

SuperRoy · Post by **SuperRoy** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:16 pm

Try puttin' a little oil into that sucker.

someoneElse · Post by **someoneElse** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:19 pm

Some people have been able to put some lubricant into the fan to quiet it a little. The GD-ROM, too.

If a lot of the fan noise is from vibration against the shell mountings, you can get little rubber gaskets/washers to put over the mounting holes between the fan and the case where you screw them in.

They are becoming popular with PC case modders for fans and drive mounts.

Synlor · Post by **Synlor** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 10:12 pm

Make sure there isn't any dust in there. Take a can of compressed air and just blow it in there a bit, see if that makes any differance.

Moved to Hardware Modification and Repair.

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Fri Jan 31, 2003 2:12 am

oil that bad boy up. i dont know how many fans ive quited down with just a lil drop of oil.

vladi02 · Post by **vladi02** » Fri Jan 31, 2003 12:25 pm

any certain kind of oil?

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Fri Jan 31, 2003 3:51 pm

well, im not sure what everyone else uses, but i went to wal-mart, then over to automotive and got some of the oil you would use for air compressor tools.

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:18 pm

Mine did that too, but it was some wires for my "mods" rubbing against it.

Code-Red · Post by **Code-Red** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 4:02 pm

How's WD40?

sonick · Post by **sonick** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:12 pm

Dont use WD40...

Dont use oil...

Get some grease

Chainfist · Post by **Chainfist** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:05 pm

WD-40 is a light penetrating oil and will get absorbed into the plastic, plus it won't last as long as grease. Damage could occur to your oil impregnated plastic and cause its structure to break down and wear out faster.

(I just turn the TV volume up so I can't hear the fan)