Re: VIA CPU's
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
to get rid of the noise ..
- upgrade the fans to a good ball bearing fans
- clean your fan blade of dust
- sharpen the leading edge of the fan blades
- do NOT block air flow with cables interferring with
the direction of airflow
- 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
- 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 )
- 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
- 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
c ya
alvin
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