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From article <1993Jan07.182749.27051@donau.et.tudelft.nl>, by rene@hal.et.tudelft.nl (Rene Bodenstaff):
> In article <1993Jan06.074530.1369@skynet.uucp>, ice@skynet.uucp (Ice) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec15.181825.2110@spectrum.xerox.com> sprague.wbst311@xerox.com writes:
>> [...]
>> >sounds his fan made.  After it was mounted differently, he said
>> >all the noise went away.
>> >
>> >I have never really had the urge to open the power supply in my PC
>> >though.  :-)  Of course, it you decide to do somehting like this,
>> >make _sure_ you unplug the PC.
>> >
>> >			~ Mike (sprague.wbst311@xerox.com)
>> 
>> 
>> Noisy fans are a pain in the ass and they don't do their job of dissipating
>> heat as efficiently which is bad news for your computer.
>> 
> 
>   Let me tell you what I did. My two harddisks + stone age power supply
>   made such a terrible noise together, I decided to shut the fan down 
>   forever. I placed a switch between the power supply and the fan, so
>   the fan could be turned on again when my PC starts to act strange. This
>   was two years ago and nothing strange has happened; I never had to switch
>   the fan back on...
> 
>   (If you try this yourself and f**k up your machine, don't blame me)

I have a 386-40 with 2 hd, 2 fd, tape backup, 4mb RAM, 256K cache and all
7 slots are filled with cards.  I leave the case off, rendering the fan 
essentially useless for everything but the 200W power supply.  I have had
no heat-up problems, and my computer is on continuously.  So, I would agree
that disconnecting the fan is an alternative, assuming the power supply
doesn't overheat.  Transformers sometimes reach a "saturation" temperature
when they are on for long periods with little or no cooling, and sufficient
current is being drawn through them.  Anyway, I haven't had any problems
with little/no air circulating over the mother boards and expansion boards.

-Jason Worley