PC Fan - Suck or Blow??

[Donnhw]

I've got a stupid question ('coz I don't know the answer):
Is the fan in the back of the PC supposed to be sucking air into or blowing air out of the back of my PC??

The reason I ask is, I had the power supply & fan replaced not too long ago and my confidence in the place I had the work done is not real high. The fan is now pretty noisy so I looked at the back just now to check it and noticed that it's sucking air into the PC. Is that right? Or, does it not really matter as long as it's working?

Kinda silly, I know, but I'm curious, Thanx!

[computer2slow]

I set mine up to suck in the from blow out the back.

Here come the jokes.

[Morpheus]

mine is set to suck in air to cool the hard drive down.......generally fans are pretty noisy anyways....so u shouldnt have to worry to much mate

[tjw61]

The one in the front of my computer pulls air in, the one in the back, pulls it out.....as for noise, it can be bearings or just an inexpensive fan....you can upgrade it fairly cheaply and make your computer a little quieter.....you can buy case fans for probably less than $5 some even with lights in them....

[Donnhw]

Cool, thanx guys! So, basically it can go either way then. I wasn't sure if they'd put it in backwards and that was causing the noise.

I did open the case, checked the fan & tightened the screws & it seems to be a tad quiter now.

Thanx again!

[computer2slow]

Originally Posted by Donnhw

Cool, thanx guys! So, basically it can go either way then.

They can but you don't want one going each way if it's in the back it should be blowing out the back.

[Morpheus]

ifu have one going blowing either way......generally as a rule of thumb.....i recommend every month to take the case of and blow out the inerds.....alot of dust collects in there with or without a fan.....

[computer2slow]

Originally Posted by Morpheus

ifu have one going blowing either way......generally as a rule of thumb.....i recommend every month to take the case of and blow out the inerds.....alot of dust collects in there with or without a fan.....

Plus when you blow the fan off it's makes that kick ass whizzing sound.

[Morpheus]

im talking boyut the componets...not the fan dork.........but yea when u blow the fan it does whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzz

[kisinkiet]

Originally Posted by tjw61

The one in the front of my computer pulls air in, the one in the back, pulls it out.....as for noise, it can be bearings or just an inexpensive fan....you can upgrade it fairly cheaply and make your computer a little quieter.....you can buy case fans for probably less than $5 some even with lights in them....

damn tj, what race puter are you running ?

I'm running just a :
[root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 47
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2394.300
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm ts fid vid ttp tm stc
bogomips : 4789.81
clflush size : 64

and I have only a fan @ the rear of the box and 1 @ on the CPU. The 2 ones are basics ones, and they're quiet. min temp for CPU is 30 °C and max 40 °C when I use it @ 100 %.

Well, I'm running linux, but dunno is there is an action on it ....

CU