Fan Clicking Noise

[rwm]

Guys,

I have a new Shuriken fan - installed on a P5N7A-VM board.

There is a slight clicking noise when the fan is running - the noise is present regardless of the speed the fan is running. I have used speedfan to adjust.

I have listened to the samples of 'sound' from Frostytech - their sound seems to be mainly the 'air' sound associated with the fan. Mine definately has some tiny clicking sound, as if the fan is touching something.
If helpful I could try recording the sound and attaching??

I cannot obviously see any touching anywhere.

So the questions I suppose are:
- is this a common thing ?
- can I move the fan impellor (fan blade fixing) easily to possibly remove the noise ?
- can I remove the fan impellor thing to check ?

Advice appreciated.

Thanks

Richard.

[rwm]

I took some mp3 recordings of the fan sounds to see whether or not they are sounding 'normal'.

Feedback welcomed.

(I am building an HTPC at My Homemade HTPC)

Thanks

RM

[hiroshige]

Hello Richard,

sorry for the late answer, I was fighting with a nice influenca the last days.

Actually, your fan seems to be broken. Could you please send it back to your reseller for RMA?

Kind regards,
Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg

[rwm]

Stefan,

Actually getting the fan was a bit of a long process... was not able to buy one easily here in Shanghai, so I got some friends in Australia to buy online and ship through to me.

The cost of RMA'ing it would be a little excessive...

Besides, the fan seems functionally OK (can control the speed of the fan, and it cools the CPU OK), just a little noisier than the ideal.

I will figure something out - thanks anyway.

ありがとう - look after yourself

RM

[hiroshige]

Hello rwm,

could you please give me your shipment address via PM? I will try something for you!

Kind regards,
Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg

[rwm]

Thanks Stefan,

Do you know where in Shanghai I can buy further Scythe products ? Doesnt seem to be any sellers on the list online.


Thanks

RM

[hiroshige]

Hello rwm,

we dont sell directly to Taiwan, Hong kong, China, so the best way is to buy from US online store.

Cheers,
Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg

[rwm]

Stefan,

New fan received and functioning fine. Quiet as a mouse.
Thank you very much for the excellent customer service.

Greatly appreciated...

Now if only I could purchase directly in China :-)

RM

[hiroshige]

Hello rwm,

good to hear that the fan arrived! About purchasing in China I have to contact some guys

Cheers,
Stefan