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Processor Fan Noise.
Dell Dimension 8400. 2 months old.
Frequently, upon starting, the processor fan makes a whirring, whining, noise which continues for about 1/2 an hour. Occasionally this noise continues for more than 2 hours and sometimes starts after the computer has been running for some hours. I would describe this noise as being of medium intensity and find it both distracting and irritating.
The fan in question is a Delta, DC Brushless, model AFC0912DE. Dell P/N P2780.
Any advice how best to overcome this problem?
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Frequently, upon starting, the processor fan makes a whirring, whining, noise which continues for about 1/2 an hour. Occasionally this noise continues for more than 2 hours and sometimes starts after the computer has been running for some hours. I would describe this noise as being of medium intensity and find it both distracting and irritating.
The fan in question is a Delta, DC Brushless, model AFC0912DE. Dell P/N P2780.
Any advice how best to overcome this problem?
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Witch fan is it, CPU, Power supply, Vid Card?
Usually if the fan is defective, u will hear it when the computer starts and it will stop when its worm up. But I have to tell u that I have a Dimension 8300 and when the room them is over umm 75'F, the fan gets so noisy that Thank God I have hear phone while playing, Its really annoying
shesagordie
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Posted September 18th, 2005 16:00
WDGC.As the system is under warranty, contact Dell Technical Support and request a replacement [hopefully quieter] case/processor fan.Bev.- If you want irritating noise, you should hear my 2 week old XPS Gen 5. After it warms up, I get this whirring/vibration noise, which I believe to be a combination of the heatsink and fans mounted above it being the problem. The only time it goes away, is when the processor is under load! I just wrote into tech support, so we'll see what they say. Thus far, I'm somewhat disappointed with the box itself.
It looks nothing like that of the picture on Dell's website. The whole thing is all plastic and cheap looking, especially the front Rom drive door. I can see it falling to bit's from over use! The door for the front USB plugs is even more pathetic! I'm leaving it open, for surely it'll break off in no time. Good thing I'm getting the performance I was looking for, otherwise, I'd have to consider returning it.
Cheers,
Pepe1. If you take a look it, Processor , vid card, power supply they all getting bigger , consume more and more power and so require more fan to exhaust all this heat and so the noise fallow.
Do anyone have or have seen a water cooling system? Is it lot better, does it make a difference as far as noise and performance? Maybe it will be a must in later computer gen.
@shesagordie wrote:
WDGC.As the system is under warranty, contact Dell Technical Support and request a replacement [hopefully quieter] case/processor fan.Bev.
I contacted Dell Technical Support about 9 AM Mon. 19.09.2005 and today, Wed.21.09.2005 at about 9.45 AM, a technician installed a replacement processor fan.
As I only have the standard new purchase 12 month warranty, I am suitably impressed with the speed and efficiency of Dell Technical Support.
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osman_naskali
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Posted September 18th, 2005 07:00