I understand that this is some type of insulator to avoid electrical shocks, but the noise that the plastic makes hitting the fan of the power supply is unbearable, can it be removed without putting the power supply at risk?
I understand that this is some type of insulator to avoid electrical shocks, but the noise that the plastic makes hitting the fan of the power supply is unbearable, can it be removed without putting the power supply at risk?
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For one. Never open a power supply under any circumstances.
You should not open up a PSU and mess with it, the electrical shock could kill you
If your PSU is a problem then buy a new one.
Couldn’t you just unplug, then power on your PC to bleed the residual capacitance?
Bro opened a power supply and lived, lucky man.
Dude what the fuck are you doing opening your power supply. Darwin award winner post right here, yah dummy.
They can hold current for years, I was taught.
What the fuck is it, with people posting dumbshit videos and photos of their PSU’s lately? That one dude had his PSU doing small explosions, and decided to open it, most likely having no idea what they are doing, this guy’s opening his PSU without having any idea it could kill him. Cmon guys! This shit is not safe to do, especially when you don’t know what you are doing, don’t get yourself injured or killed please!
That’s actually to direct airflow from the fan rather than to protect anything, but it shouldn’t be hitting the fan either way.
I’ve had that issue before, and I just tacked it back into place with thermal glue. Probably not a proper fix, but it was better than hot glue, more suited for higher heat than caulk, and won’t be brittle like epoxy.
Bunch of people in this thread regurgitating dogma designed for the dumbest of denizens then calling other people dumb.
Why are you opening your PSU?
IMO, unless you’re professionally qualified, you have no business tinkering with your power supply. The caps can hold enough of a charge to kill you.
Newest Tik Tok craze: lick the capacitors in your PSU.