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

Mike techmike at gmail.com
Fri Apr 29 07:41:40 EDT 2005


I have the same HSF on my AMD 1700 O/C'ed to around 2 ghz.. :) Not as good 
as my Alpha Pal, but still a very good bang for the buck.
 Another trick I like to silence fans is place a small rubber washer between 
the head of the screw and the case, and another between the fan and the 
case. It really cuts back on vibration noise.
 </ot>
-mike

 On 4/28/05, Brandon Kuczenski <brandon at 301south.net> wrote: 
> 
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bryon Gill wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >
> 
> I bought this:
> http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835150023
> 
> based on reviews and hearsay. It was replacing an almost unbelievably
> loud fan, and so anything seems nice by comparison but it really is quite
> silent. My loudest component now is a 6-year old hard drive (tested by
> jamming screwdrivers in the fans to temporarily stall them -- probably not
> a good idea, but it works).
> 
> The sound it does make is higher-pitch. Given the hard drive noise, I
> can't even distinguish the CPU fan noise except with the case cover off.
> 
> Ask me again in a week or two when I've had a chance to overhaul my system
> and dump the old HDD (and the unmentionable, proprietary OS).
> 
> I know, I said I'd do it weeks (months?) ago. But I'm serious this time.
> 
> -Brandon
> 
> 
> > 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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