How to maintain your fans, Also how to succesfully perform fan surgery

specks · Nov 14, 2011

de.das.dude said:
also sneekypeet is considering stickying this thread, so its a good time to voice your opinions.
if this gets stickied, i would have finally done something worthwhile in my life.

Sticky! Saved me a few bucks. Thanks de.das.dude!

de.das.dude said:
poll time wanna redo this thread as i have a nice camera now, but only if others want it

GOGOGO!

_JP_ · Nov 14, 2011

I can't believe this isn't sticky yet! :confused:

What's the matter, the kid can't write or something? Give him some guidance then! :laugh:

de.das.dude said:
poll time wanna redo this thread as i have a nice camera now, but only if others want it

DOOO EEET!

de.das.dude · Nov 15, 2011

will do eet next week, gotta go over some college exams first. they start day after tomorrow

Athlonite · Nov 15, 2011

yeah that sounds like a good idea de.das but only really need for the pics that have to much flash reflection though maybe just use a nice bright light and no flash

P.S good luck with the exams bud

de.das.dude · Dec 12, 2011

heres some pics which will be used in the update coming soon.

de.das.dude · Dec 12, 2011

look at the through hole, you can see the line dividing the two ball bearings.

taken with my nokia c6-00

Irony · Dec 12, 2011

That'll be good. I could fix a fan just with your explanatory pictures. :toast:

Athlonite · Dec 14, 2011

I'll put up a couple of pics about when fan surgery goes wrong if ya like

de.das.dude · Dec 14, 2011

Athlonite · Dec 14, 2011

No LOL it's a fan commonly used by the likes of HIS and Sapphire on their GPU coolers and can not be taken apart without stuffing it so if the fan goes toes up you either need to ghetto mod or buy a new cooler because HIS wont send out a new fan

the fans maker is Zunshan and the model is DF0801512LFG2C if your unlucky to have one of these fans on your GPU's cooler then don't bother trying to re-lube it you can't

Irony · Dec 14, 2011

You could take the fan off and drop it in a bucket of wd-40 for a day or two. Then clean off the outside and reinstall. Or, if you didn't want to do that since it may not have the desired effect, you could ghetto mod it quite nicely with a modified 80-120mm fan. or you could put it in a liquid loop. Or you could wait until its winter and hold it outside; the possibilities are endless.

de.das.dude · Dec 14, 2011

athlonite i have seen your fan i think.

micropage7 · Dec 15, 2011

Athlonite said:
No LOL it's a fan commonly used by the likes of HIS and Sapphire on their GPU coolers and can not be taken apart without stuffing it so if the fan goes toes up you either need to ghetto mod or buy a new cooler because HIS wont send out a new fan

the fans maker is Zunshan and the model is DF0801512LFG2C if your unlucky to have one of these fans on your GPU's cooler then don't bother trying to re-lube it you can't

yeah i remember the last time i broke my MSI card fan after tried to open that

Athlonite · Dec 15, 2011

de.das.dude said:
athlonite i have seen your fan i think.

this is the second one slightly different fan and different cooler

but same type of setup the shaft is upside down to normal so the windings are part of the blades

it's flipping weird

Irony · Dec 15, 2011

Maintenance was never intended. Its like the difference between Volkswagen and Chrysler. Chrysler is one of the few companies that ever planned maintenance on their cars, and made things easy to fix and get to; whereas on the average volkswagen or porche, you have to drop the transmission to change something as simple as a heater hose or fuel pump.

Fan makers don't plan on people fixing their fans; a decent percentage of fan sales is probably replacement.

de.das.dude · Dec 15, 2011

Athlonite said:
this is the second one slightly different fan and different cooler

http://www.hisdigital.com/UserFiles/product/3502_004_1_1600.jpg

but same type of setup the shaft is upside down to normal so the windings are part of the blades

View attachment 44676

it's flipping weird

i think i can open that.

de.das.dude · Jan 30, 2012

BUMP!!
updated. finally

itsakjt · Jan 30, 2012

This article is awesome and presented wonderfully

claylomax · Jan 30, 2012

Two people hate you!

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=1622

de.das.dude · Jan 30, 2012

and one of them hate spiders

theJesus · Jan 30, 2012

de.das.dude said:
do thank / rape me!

_JP_ · Jan 30, 2012

Hey dude, your 1st post looks a little repetitive to me. It's as if I had to see the same stuff twice. Catch my drift?

theJesus said:

I know, right?

de.das.dude · Jan 30, 2012

lulz fixed that problem. repetitive?

de.das.dude · Jan 30, 2012

_JP_ said:
Hey dude, your 1st post looks a little repetitive to me. It's as if I had to see the same stuff twice. Catch my drift?

I know, right?

yeah. i know looks like i pasted twice. i sometimes forget things i have already done.
i edited it in notepad and then copy pasta, so i pasted it twice accidentally.

_JP_ · Jan 30, 2012

Yep, it's good now. Thanks. Good job.

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How to maintain your fans, Also how to succesfully perform fan surgery

Sticky this?

Yes (will re write thread with better pics and stuff.

No

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