Phantom 410 case clicking.

[irbullet]

Well recently I installed a ssd and ever since my phantom 410 top fan has been clicking..
Any ideas? and when I spin that fan manually I can hear the sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=RDGtqtrlaRc

 

[Carl Lawrence]

Is it rubbing against anything?

 

[irbullet]

Is it rubbing against anything?

Not sure. I can't seem to see anything that's rubbing. But not sure

 

[irbullet]

Any help? very urgent as I can't use it with the clicking

 

[Carl Lawrence]

I think it might need replacing.

 

[Dwarf]

It does sound as though something is rubbing against the blades. Unfortunately, the video is too jerky to see. Can you post another video, this time keeping the following image. Better lighting will also help. I think that there could be something in the area I circled.

 

[DeaconFrost]

It's common for a wire or cable to get bumped into the path of the fan, so check that as well. Also, just for laughs, you could unplug the fan and see if the clicking noise disappears. If not, then it's coming from somewhere else.

 

[irbullet]

It does sound as though something is rubbing against the blades. Unfortunately, the video is too jerky to see. Can you post another video, this time keeping the following image. Better lighting will also help. I think that there could be something in the area I circled.

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Thanks dude. But it's not from that fan. I can spin that one fine and it makes no noise. The top fan does though. I took that video before school and it was prett bad quality.
And how would I unhook it?
(Phantom 410 case stock fans)

 

[DeaconFrost]

The fan has to be getting power from somewhere. A quick look inside the case around the fan should show you the wires.

 

[irbullet]

The fan has to be getting power from somewhere. A quick look inside the case around the fan should show you the wires.

it seems to have magically stopped
I got home from school and it wasn't doing it anymore
I left it on all day to see what would happen and when I went in my room there wasn't clicking from the computer.
Dust? idk it is a new computer. It does have a little dust inside tho. Should I be worried?

 

[irbullet]

Should I be worried? If so I would like to know so I can look further into it.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

The clicking was from the fan blade clipping something but likely it was a little bur or maybe a piece of the case pressed down just into the path. What happens then is the fan wears this piece of it's self down and then the noise goes away. Sometime the tightness of the fan can be un-even or over tighened but often it's a wire or just a piece of the case.

 

[UnknownReverent]

The clicking was from the fan blade clipping something but likely it was a little bur or maybe a piece of the case pressed down just into the path. What happens then is the fan wears this piece of it's self down and then the noise goes away. Sometime the tightness of the fan can be un-even or over tighened but often it's a wire or just a piece of the case.

I've had it happen a few times, but I've also had it happen when it's not tightened enough and the fan rattles against the case. You can try pushing the fan up against the case carefully to see if that's the problem as well.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

My current case as much as I like it had the same issue and the thin metal cut out for a 240mm rad as well as a trick slide out filter. Once a fan is placed on the top as a exhaust fan the clicking noise began. Bending the metal was vary easy and cured the issue. Then lastly is the quality of the fan blades them selves if the fan has a lot of movement then it can cause this as well, another great reason to ditch cheap fans and by quality.

 

[irbullet]

My current case as much as I like it had the same issue and the thin metal cut out for a 240mm rad as well as a trick slide out filter. Once a fan is placed on the top as a exhaust fan the clicking noise began. Bending the metal was vary easy and cured the issue. Then lastly is the quality of the fan blades them selves if the fan has a lot of movement then it can cause this as well, another great reason to ditch cheap fans and by quality.

Still doesn't answer my question that I just asked.
Should I be worried or not? It seems to have stopped I'd suppose.

 

[DeaconFrost]

I wouldn't be worried about it, unless it was the fan on my processor. Since it's a case fan, I wouldn't worry, unless it comes back. Then I'd figure out what was causing it, and either move a cable out of the way or replace it.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I would check to make sure all fans are spinning and doing their jobs and if it comes back then one by one check till you know for sure which is the culprit then replace it or tweek it with adjustments to wires, the case or the fan its self.

 

[irbullet]

I would check to make sure all fans are spinning and doing their jobs and if it comes back then one by one check till you know for sure which is the culprit then replace it or tweek it with adjustments to wires, the case or the fan its self.

Ok so I figured out it is the top fan doing it. when i press on it while its spinning and when it stops the noise stops. When I let go the sound comes back.
I left it off all day and when i got back home from school it was doing it after I turned it back on..
It was fine this morning and now its doing it this afternoon after I got home from school when I turned it on.

 

[UnknownReverent]

I would check to make sure all fans are spinning and doing their jobs and if it comes back then one by one check till you know for sure which is the culprit then replace it or tweek it with adjustments to wires, the case or the fan its self.

Ok so I figured out it is the top fan doing it. when i press on it while its spinning and when it stops the noise stops. When I let go the sound comes back.
I left it off all day and when i got back home from school it was doing it after I turned it back on..
It was fine this morning and now its doing it this afternoon after I got home from school when I turned it on.

See if you can take it off of the case, but leave it plugged in. Does it still make that noise after you do that? If not, then it's something getting caught or it's rattling against the case.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I like to take a heavy duty paperclip and weave it through the punched fan holes with the rig off and then pull the metal up just a little all around where the fan blade circles, likely in transit or handling the top has been pushed down, this is what I've found to be the case more times then not !