--- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, [iso-8859-1] Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > > On the other hand, my 1GHz Athlon plays FPS games well, but sounds > > > like a Boeing 737 is parked 2.5m from my head. > > ... > > > Hey, consider yourself lucky. I have an AMD 2500 XP+ (1.83 GHz) that > > sounds like a 747 @ 1m :-) > > the cpu doesn't make any noise :-) ( sorry couldn't resist ) > and if it did, you have more serious problems than just noise >
I know it doesn't actually make noise, but I couldn't resist one-upping Ron :-) > to get rid of the noise .. > - upgrade the fans to a good ball bearing fans > They are ball bearing fans and they're new. > - clean your fan blade of dust No dust, brand new (2 month old) fan. > - sharpen the leading edge of the fan blades Hadn't heard that one. I'll probably give it a shot. > > - do NOT block air flow with cables interferring with > the direction of airflow > No blockages. I am well aware of what that can do. > - if you dont know which way the air is flowing, light > a lighter inside and see where the flame is pointing > or to be safer, use incence or cigarettes Yup. Air flows in the front and out the back, the fans are all pointing the correct direction. > > - if you do close up all the little noisy holes > and seems, make sure you have a big/giant hole someplace > ( like leave a cdrom drive bay open or side cover off ) > Actually, I have heard that this is not advisable (at least leaving a side cover off). I was told by a friend who keeps pretty well up to speed on hardware that leaving a side cover off actually degrades the fan's ability to move air across the CPU/heatsink. Something about a sort of small scale wind tunnel effect. > - air moving thru small holes and seams is what makes the noise > - make giant holes ( the size of the fan ) and close > all seams and all holes smaller than the fan size w/ tape > If I could cut big holes where the fans are I would. But, man that would look ugly. > - air flow should only flow in one direction and NOT interfere > or run perpendicular to any objects ( including heatsinks ) > > - tons of stuff to help quiet down the machine w/o going into > noise cancellation ckts and (noisy) air ducts > Yup. But is still louder than my Pentium Pro 200. > c ya > alvin > -Roberto ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]