Either my cooling fan or a fan on the hard drive is very loud. It is very annoying. How do I quiet them down or do they need to be replaced? The unit is a Dimension 4100.
Try doing a search for 4100 fan on the dell talk forum. The best place to look is in "others/don't know"
A few months ago this forum was flooded by fan noise complaints. To the best of my knowledge the problem isn't completely fixed. I spoke with people who had their fan replaced 6 even 7 times to no avail. If you or anyone has a permanent solution, please feel free to e-mail me.
Other than that, it seems you're SOL. You may just contact dell customer service and have them send you a "new and improved fan". Sometimes the fans would start out quiet and get loud after about 4 days. GOOD LUCK!
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Posted January 30th, 2001 00:00
Try doing a search for 4100 fan on the dell talk forum. The best place to look is in "others/don't know"
A few months ago this forum was flooded by fan noise complaints. To the best of my knowledge the problem isn't completely fixed. I spoke with people who had their fan replaced 6 even 7 times to no avail. If you or anyone has a permanent solution, please feel free to e-mail me.
Other than that, it seems you're SOL. You may just contact dell customer service and have them send you a "new and improved fan". Sometimes the fans would start out quiet and get loud after about 4 days. GOOD LUCK!