Re: VIA CPU's
--- Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com> 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
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