Hi all,

I have one of the earlier xboxes with the internal fan as well as the case fan. I can't remember which model it is though.

It's slowly been getting noisier and noisier, and now it's really bad. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Xbox parts seem to be pretty scarce now...not like a couple of years ago when I built it!

Thanks
Lee

(I'm in the UK by the way!)

Hi,

look at RS Components or Farnell for the little fan. They have several different models. No one will be a perfect match, but you should be able to do the job with it.

The bigger fan can also be replaced by a standard one. It is a bit of mechanical work to fix it properly.

You can disconnect the small fan for a short period of time to see if it is the cause of the noise.

Blowing out most of the dust with a compressor and lubricating it with a small drop of oil can also prolong it's life a bit. If the bearings are really bad, those methods don't help anymore.

regards.

that little fan in my xbox really started to bug me. so i pulled out the heatsink and cut a larger one down to fit, one large enough that it didn't need a separate fan.
the hardest part was securing the heatsink.