On Monday, Sep 23, 2002, at 02:03 Europe/London, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Colleagues, > > Is it my acute hearing or does the Blue have a loud fan? Or is it the > particular fan in my Blue. > The Blue is sitting on an oak desk which even gives the sound an even > deeper > sonority. Is there anything we can do to reduce the concert? Like > changing > the fan motor. My advice is crack her open and check for dust. My G3 is a quiet as a G4 now and all i did was take the main fan (behind the CPU) and the PSU fan (need to crack the PSU case open - remember to unplug form the mains!!) which you can do if you disconnect all the cables EXCEPT the logic board and let it dangle by it's wires. Make sure also you remove the dust from the grilles down the back (back of the PSU and next to the PCI covers) to prevent more being sucked into the clean fans. As I say all I did was remove the dust and it has made a universe of difference to the noise. I thought mine was really loud until i cleaned it now I can't hear it. There is a very low frequency noise emitted at very low amplitude from something in there, I suspect it's either the main fan, which runs very slowly under normal operating temperatures, or the hard disk, which does emit a large range of frequencies if vibration. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
