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Unread 02-06-2004, 06:48 PM   #32
MadHacker
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Originally Posted by AntiBling
I work on wafer production equipment in a chip plant, and I see power supplies all the time with no fans. I've always thought that the fans on a PC PSU were to vent the case, not because the supply needed it.
i have seen many a PSU where the fan has died and the PSU keeps on running.... for a while....
but they always die eventualy... usualy with a lot of smoke....

I have discovered computers run on smoke...
when the smoke comes out... it don't run anymore
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