Kalle Pihlajasaari wrote:
>
> What I find is that the FAN is very important.  I have had switchers
> fail in service but only those that do not have a fan or if the
> fan has failed.  Dust is the main enemy of a fan.
>
> Cheers
> --
> Kalle Pihlajasaari   kalle@ip.co.za   http://www.ip.co.za/ip
> Interface Products   P O Box 15775, DOORNFONTEIN, 2028, South Africa
> + 27 (11) 402-7750   Fax: 402-7751    http://www.ip.co.za/people/kalle

Yip - I agree about the fan. I my PSU had a very noisy fan - sounded
like a bearing (grinding noise) - although I doubt whether they actually
have real bearings.

Replaced the entire mini tower - now I'm stuck with one I hate...
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