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lost_soul

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So I have this rear case fan which has 4 blue LEDs on it. Today I noticed that the upper-right LED is out, but all of the others still work. Would you replace the fan? I've *never* seen an LED go bad in my life and this fan is just a couple years old. If the LED went bad so fast, how long will the fan (far more important) last? Also, it can't short or drain excess power, or anything, right?

 

The single thing I do that can cause high temps is rendering in blender. The other day I had my video card up to 80 degrees C. I'm told that's acceptable for an overclocked GTX460, however, would that have ruined the LED which sits a few inches above it?

 

Honestly I'm surprised all 4 of them didn't go out. I imagined they wired it as 4x3volt LEDs in series, to accept the 12 volts that also drives the fan. In that situation, if you broke the circuit, they would all go out.

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