On 06/12/2014 07:05 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 04:54:19PM -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: >> CPU fan it is. My ear says that's where it is. I very briefly stopped it >> with my finger and the noise stopped. I'm sure it's not a good idea to >> do that too often, though. > Ah. Those fans can be noisy, the cheaper ones almost always are. > You can buy a quieter CPU fan. > <snip> > In between very the best and the one you have, ENU probably has "good enough" > and will help you find the right size.
ENU replaced the fan and heat sink while I was there this morning. A very similar noise showed up on startup, but hasn't returned. I'm using the box now, and will listen for it to reappear. The fan and heat sink come with the chip. The fellow at ENU showed me a couple of heat sink/fan alternatives, one about $35 and the other $40. If this one does the same thing I might consider one of those. So far, though, it's been quite -- even when I first powered it up this afternoon. So for now I'm considering this one resolved. Thanks, Keith. I'll keep the Noctua fans in mind, but would have to figure out how to integrate them with the current heat sink. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
