Either way it's super impressive.
Makes me want to clean up my wiring.
I actually got the bug to see if I could quiet down a particularly loud fan over the weekend. Ended up stripping the screw holding the fan in place, and then ended up practically destroying the chassis that the fan attaches to, which is then supposed to slide into the case. So now I have to replace the fan (no big deal) and the chassis (where in the fuck I'm going to do so, I have no idea. Somehow I don't think Antec replacement parts are easy to order.)
what the hell were you doing? couldn't you have just used a noise reduction pad?
Took the fan out to examine it.
Noticed it was only screwed in at two of the four notches.
Screwed it back into to all four notches. One of them gave me a bit of trouble, but was kind of drunk, so I just muscled through it. This is where the trouble started.
Noticed I had put the fan in upside down. Normally, upside down does not mean much to a case fan, except in this particular case, where the cord was absolutely not going to make the trip unless the fan was rightside up.
Went to unscrew the fan, noticed that the screw I had forced was already pretty stripped, and very quickly became hopelessly stripped upon attempted removal.
Spent several sweaty, drunken minutes trying to unscrew the thing from the back using some pliers. Unsuccessful.
Becoming increasingly frustrated and drunk by the minute, I ended up bending the the chassis (which is pretty thin aluminum) in several places. Probably fixable, but I'm too disgusted with it to try. And of course, the screw is still stripped and still firmly in place.
Draft. PC Guru.