Thanks for the suggestion, that worked great. I bought the vantec 60->80mm fan adaptor and an 80mm vantec stealth fan (21 dBa) from www.xpcgear.com. My system is -much- quieter now (i never knew that my 5400rpm samsung 120g ide drive actually made tiny noises :).
One thing anyone else attempting this should be aware of: the 164LX CPU fan header on the motherboard uses a different pinout than regular PC fans; I had to pull the wires out of the plug and rearrange them to match the old fan for it to work. -g On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:45:50PM -0400, Doug Larrick wrote: > On 2003.08.07 15:04, Gregory P. Smith wrote: > >Does anyone have a good source for a quiet/silent CPU fan for use in > >a 164LX? The fan in mine appears to be a simple 68mm x 68mm square > >fan that screws onto the heatsink. > > I considered using a normal 80mm fan and one of those funnel-shaped fan > reducers to 68 (60?)mm. The flow with the stock fan is only 17 cfm if > I recall correctly, so a nice quiet 20-25 cfm 80mm fan should work > quite nicely. But instead I moved the LX to the basement :-) > > See http://www.modsynergy.com/Review%2012.htm for an idea of what I'm > talking about (not that I'd use that adaptor; something more funnel > shaped like this: http://www.xpcgear.com/fanadaptor.html , if found in > the right size, would IMO work better. > > -Doug > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
