Re: [H] [Bulk] PC fan noise question

2009-04-06 Thread Stan Zaske
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

Re: [H] [Bulk] PC fan noise question

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Tomporowski
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

Re: [H] [Bulk] PC fan noise question

2009-04-06 Thread DHSinclair
Steve, While this seems strange..(more below) At 16:00 04/06/2009 -0500, Steve wrote: snip 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