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Noisy Machine
Hiya peeps
yesterday whilst playing Far cry with my headphones on for 3 straight hours, I noticed that my machine fans was making one hell of a racket.
Any ideas what fan this might of been coming from. It was soooo loud!!
when I turned the game off i noticed that the fan was steadily decreasing in speed..
If you have an idea what it could of been is there a solution or do i have to progressivly turn my volume up to combat the sound of the pc...
Your help is muchos required
ta
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Posted June 14th, 2004 23:00
thelanky1,
As he said, taxing computer resources increases the heat generated. Your computer has a thermoregulated fan, which speeds up the RPM/CFM as the temperature increases - resulting in more noise.
The only solution is to use an aftermarker fan rated at lower dB or altogether change the cooling system. A simple change can cost about $20, fancier solutions cost more.
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Posted June 15th, 2004 03:00
Have you replaced the OEM fan with a third party fan successfully to the point that NO error message appears pre-POST/boot indicating (from BIOS) a "previous fan failure"?
If you have found such a retail fan, a lot of people would like to know of it, including yours truly.
NVRambo
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Posted June 14th, 2004 12:00
Dood, running Far Cry on that beast of a rig will generate some serious heat inside the case. The noise is from the CPU/chassis fan, which is variable speed depending on the temps it detects.
You're likely bumping your temps 10-15C or more (depends) while gaming, so the fan is doing exactly what it's designed to do.
Noise is a relative thing. When you game and run a performance PC, fans are a necessary part of life. I have (4) 80mm fans, a 5200rpm cooler fan along with my GeF4 card fan and power supply fan. Now that is noise.....