So if your fan cools better when it's plugged direct into PSU, then either the BIOS is set to variable speed fan, or your mobo isn't getting enough juice to completely power all the on board devices. It's hard to quiet down a pc. I tried lining a lot of the inside of the case with thin foam insulation. Even tried using rubber washers on the screws that secure the drives. Didn't help much. I don't think oil would help the fan. Aren't they ball bearings? Anyway you don't wanna mess around with "any" kind of liquid near the mobo - could easily short out and fry the whole thing. Like you said... cool and noisy is better than quiet and fried.
Good luck, Donk On 6/12/2011 10:23 PM, kevin19_89 wrote: > my computer has been really noisy. it was getting warm. i bought a new cpu > fan and added new thermal paste. i plugged fans back into motherboard and it > wasnt coolling it properly. i plugged it directly into the power supply > (after i got compressed air and blew all my fans out and heat sinks). fan was > too big and the plastic clips to replacement wouldnt stay in good. i took my > motherboard back out and put my mount in for the screws and put my factory > fan/heatsink in for cpu. it does keep it cooler through power supply and > seems to have more cooling power but louder. is it possible to get it > quieter? (was quieter when plugged to motherboard). same time i rather have a > noisy and cooler computer than a quiet and overheating one. would 3 in 1 oil > help it any to lubricate anything? > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [email protected] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3674 - Release Date: 06/01/11 > 16:45:00 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
