Just documenting a quick little repair/maintenance item I took care of today. The main case fan in my Quicksilver was nice and quiet, but it had developed a really annoying rattle with age. I found a suitable replacement on Amazon that has the right dimensions (120mm x 120mm x 25mm).
The original fan only had two wires with a dual-pin connector, so I had to chop that off and solder it onto the new fan's cabling. The new fan had a three-wire harness but the third wire is just a signal cable that these old machines don't use.
The new one fit right in and works well. It is a bit louder than the old one (kinda sounds like an MDD now), so if anyone has recommendations for a different model that's quieter I'd be up for swapping it out again in the future. But other than that, it was a pretty painless job.
New fan (left) and orignal fan (right) that had two-pin connector which has to be cut off and soldered onto the new harness.
Installed back into the QS case.
The original fan only had two wires with a dual-pin connector, so I had to chop that off and solder it onto the new fan's cabling. The new fan had a three-wire harness but the third wire is just a signal cable that these old machines don't use.
The new one fit right in and works well. It is a bit louder than the old one (kinda sounds like an MDD now), so if anyone has recommendations for a different model that's quieter I'd be up for swapping it out again in the future. But other than that, it was a pretty painless job.
New fan (left) and orignal fan (right) that had two-pin connector which has to be cut off and soldered onto the new harness.
Installed back into the QS case.
