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From: yucheng.k.song on 4 May 2008 14:16
On Mar 22, 12:18 pm, Bartman <Bartman.36q...(a)no.email.invalid> wrote:
> I read on an old thread on HTFC about Skyline Graphics selling Dell
> replacement fans. I want to keep that resource alive for all of you who
> need to replace a Dell fan but I can't seem to post to the old thread.
>
> Anyway, I needed to replace the CPU fan for my Dell Dimension desktop.
> Dell doesn't sell the fan on-line (I tried). The JMC/DATECH
> 9232-12HBTL-2 DC 12V 0.85A 92mm x 32mm fan has a built-in thermal sensor
> and tach pickup. The motherboard must sense fan speed from the tach
> lead on the fan or the motherboard will give an error code at start-up
> and won't run. So, any old 92mm fan will not work for the Dell
> Dimension PC; the fan must have three wires, one of which is the tach
> lead.
>
> Charles at Skyline Graphics (skyline-graphics.net) sold me a new
> replacement fan JMC 9232-12HBTL for $16 plus $6 shipping and $1 extra
> for the rubber isolation mounts (I tore one old one during removal, so
> the $1 was a good investment for me).
>
> I ordered the fan on Monday morning and it arrived in Los Angeles by
> Priority Mail on Wednesday. Removal and replacment took about 5 minutes
> and now everything works great.
>
> Hope this helps someone else.

May I ask why did you change the fan? Does it not work or run at full
speed all the times?
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