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MEPIS Rules!  Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:05 pm Posts: 254 Location: New Zealand Has thanked: 13 times Have thanks: 51 times 
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Post # 298569
 Re: Loud systemThe one thing I have come across with noisy fans is when they are manufactured for some reason the blades are not assembled onto the shaft securely. If you can, remove the fan and with fingers holding each end of the shaft push the blades onto it. You may hear it click into place. I have done this with power, case & cpu fans.
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| Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:30 pm |
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 MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9176 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2712 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 298578
Re: Loud system Some fans are noted for noise. Many years ago I upgraded my processor and the only fan that would fit (that they had in store) was a Vantec. Vantec will never get another dime from me. Talk about a WHINE!
I'm using a Zalman heatsink fan combo currently but when I bought case fans I bought Noctua. Both are great. _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:19 pm |
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MEPIS Novice  Joined: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:37 pm Posts: 57 Location: Colorado, USA Has thanked: 17 times Have thanks: 7 times
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Post # 298581
Re: Loud system You might also check the bios settings for "cool n quiet" or anything similar to experiment with. These kind of "smart" settings for noise really do make a difference but they have to be set right in the bios.
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| Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:34 pm |
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Re: Loud system
Good one. There's a certain feel to getting the standoffs and the mobo screws torqued just right. I believe this is was the OP's first build, and he might have been a little reluctant to crank them down tight enough. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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| Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:03 pm |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:02 pm Posts: 1869 Location: New Zealand BOP Has thanked: 20 times Have thanks: 275 times
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Post # 298598
Re: Loud system You guys seemed to miss the OP's post about the CPU fan. The fan is noisy and reading through, he's talking about a whine, not a rattle.
Yes, the factory fans are usually relatively quiet, 28-26dB, so if the fans spinning hard out, then the obvious culprit, outside of faulty hardware must be the thermal state of the CPU. I had one customer bring me in his first build with the same issue, noisy as hell and a hot smell. I discovered he had not removed the plastic dust cover from the heatsink before installing it and clamping down the HSF assembly. This resulted in a very poor and nearly non-existent thermal transfer from the CPU to the HSF and the CPU was hovering just off its emergency shut-down temperature for about 10 minutes before the system halted altogether. Of course, almost every fan in the box was running at max revs because the heat build-up was intense. The fix was really simple, but I am certain some level of damage was inflicted because he left it like that for the best part of a week Having said that, you just gotta see the internals upgrade I put into my work server, running a modified version of Mepis last weekend. Mike P You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ Mike P Regd Linux User #472293 (1)Lenovo e520, i7-2640M, 8GB, 500GB Seagate Hybrid, M11-RoadblockB-64 (2) Asus M4A88TD-M, AMD Phenom II x4 955 CPU, Radeon HD 4250, 4Gb, 1.5TB, M11-64 |
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| Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:35 am |
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Post # 298603
Re: Loud system
Classic. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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| Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:38 am |
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MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9176 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2712 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 298613
Re: Loud system Luv it!
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| Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:04 pm |
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MEPIS is cool!   Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:06 am Posts: 877 Location: Bristol, UK Has thanked: 227 times Have thanks: 166 times
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Post # 298617
Re: Loud system
It looks as though it says "V8" on top of the cooler - is it the radiator from a General Motors V8? Phil _________________ Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, Phenom II X2 550 BE (now X3), 8GB. 120GB Corsair SSD, ITB Samsung HDD, Mepis 11.9.70-64. |
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| Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:50 pm |
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MEPIS Guide Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:02 pm Posts: 1869 Location: New Zealand BOP Has thanked: 20 times Have thanks: 275 times
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Post # 298622
Re: Loud system It's more like a radiator from a Cummins Diesel cooling a 1974 leyland mini
Mike P _________________ Mike P Regd Linux User #472293 (1)Lenovo e520, i7-2640M, 8GB, 500GB Seagate Hybrid, M11-RoadblockB-64 (2) Asus M4A88TD-M, AMD Phenom II x4 955 CPU, Radeon HD 4250, 4Gb, 1.5TB, M11-64 |
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