I just got my 8200 yesterday also. My fan makes a very soft and light humming noise. While my other computer's fan right now (an older system-Toshiba) is overpowering this one (loud).

Can I ask you a question; if you have the 8200 series with Liteon DVD-ROM. I noticed (I'm use to regular CD-ROMs) when installing or reading information, that sometimes hear a ticking noise, reminds me exactly like a 3.5in diskette in the drive. But I'm not having any problems like errors, etc. Everything installs/runs smoothly.

Thanks.


Medo
Dell 8200
P4-1.9Ghz
40 GB HD
128MB PC800 RAM
16x/48x DVD-ROM
16x/10x/40x CD-RW
64MB Graphic

call customer support, they will probably ask you to open computer and disconnect fan, and restart (to be sure this is the problem) if it is they will send someone out quickly, took 2 business days for me, and it will take 5 min. to replace the fan for free.they will walk you through the disconnect if you need help. real easy though.

We too just received our new Dimmension 8200, actually two days ago. We have it set up in our kitchen so at least when the dishwasher is on, and the frig, and the fan fom the convection oven is on we DON'T hear the fan of our new computer!

Thank you for those of you out there who took time to post and provide the results with DELL. Two business days...

Chris
MedoE80 wrote:
- I just got my 8200 yesterday also. My fan makes a
- very soft and light humming noise. While my other
- computer's fan right now (an older system-Toshiba)
- is overpowering this one (loud).
-
- Can I ask you a question; if you have the 8200
- series with Liteon DVD-ROM. I noticed (I'm use to
- regular CD-ROMs) when installing or reading
- information, that sometimes hear a ticking noise,
- reminds me exactly like a 3.5in diskette in the
- drive. But I'm not having any problems like errors,
- etc. Everything installs/runs smoothly.
-
- Thanks.
-
-
- Medo
- Dell 8200
- P4-1.9Ghz
- 40 GB HD
- 128MB PC800 RAM
- 16x/48x DVD-ROM
- 16x/10x/40x CD-RW
- 64MB Graphic

If it is 4300 and is a hum, press hand lightly on metal grating at the fan air exit. If tone of hum changes, the problem is fan vibration transferred to fan casing, funnel and metal grating. I removed fan from plastic housing and it was very quite, but reinstalling it in the plastic retunrned the hum. Lots of self -sticking felt on many parts of the fan housing, funnel and metal grating helped a lot, but could not remove it completely. I don't see how a same-type replacement of housing will help.

David