I guess you've already been inside the beast, so there is the
possibility that you can replace the fan/heatsink on the CPU to
something quieter and maybe cut down on the number of fans. My oldest
system was really over-blown with fans (pun intended), so when it got
too noisy, I just disconnected the offenders.
The absolute worst I've ever seen was *I think* an old Dell where there
was one, yes, one fan in the whole system that needed to cool
everything. They hung it on the wimpy power supply and then ducted it
to blow on the chipset and CPU.
Steve
Stan Zaske wrote:
The latest Catalyst drivers have fan control so you can turn it down
manually. Also, check your CPU temps as your heat sink might be
clogged with dust causing the BIOS fan control to run full blast (that
is if it's 4 pin mobo connection). SpeedFan is the best utility for
fan control but only if the mobo and CPU fan allow it. Let us know
what you find out. Good luck!
Bino Gopal wrote:
Hey guys, another quick question; hope you guys can steer me in the
right
direction.
I've got an Dell Dimension XPS Gen3/4 circa 12/2004; it's a pretty
beasty
machine still (top-of-the-line back then) with its own monster tower
case
and dedicated power supply section on the bottom. I'm just trying to
figure
out why the following happens and what (if anything) I can do about it:
If I do pretty much anything on the system lately (even open a
browser), it
spins the fans up to FULL speed and they're LOUD! I mean, really
loud-I was
just watching a DVD on there with Windows Media Center and they fans
were
going full bore and I had to really crank the volume to hear
anything! I
hadn't really thought about all the people talking about
whisper-quiet PCs
before and all that, but I guess I see how it can be an issue now!
So while I know the system is old, I just upgraded the video card to
a 4530
and it works great except for the loud fan thing.any thoughts on some
way I
can control that (like good software one can download for that), or a
possible issue that I can look into fixing (if people have run into
the same
thing in the past themselves)?
Any tips/pointers really appreciated; thanks guys!
BINO
