[wplug] Woke up this morning to a noisy machine...hard drives?

[Bryon Gill]

I imagine I'm not the only one who would like to know what brands and products 
you've had good experiences with for quiet cooling.  I've bought low-noise fans 
that were anything but.

Bryon

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bill Moran wrote:
>
>> Russ Schneider <russ at sugapablo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, William N. Powell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Check Cooling Fans First!
>>> 
>>> It might be the fan, actually.
>>> 
>>> If it is the fan, should I just clean it (too much dust unbalancing it) or
>>> would it need a new one?  The Hank Hill in me is scremaing WD-40, but I'll
>>> resist that for now.  :)
>> 
>> I would just replace it.  For the $10 it costs, it's not usually worth
>> fighting with.  The problem is that when it dies, you won't _hear_ 
>> anything,
>> it'll be completely silent until your system overheats.
>> 
>> This is The Fates' way of giving you a chance to fix the problem before it
>> gets bad.
>> 
>> 
>
> Actually, if you're replacing the fan, consider spending a little more to get 
> a *silent* fan.  There's a whole niche industry providing low-noise computer 
> components and I never paid much attention until I needed a new CPU fan and 
> decided to get a silent one for kicks (it was only $15). Major quality of 
> life improvement.  I'm doing the power supply next, but that's a little bit 
> more pricey (~$80).  With that, and with an upgrade to a single, new HDD to 
> replace my two old ones, the box will be almost completely silent.
>
> -Brandon
>
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