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MicahMorgan
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November 19th, 2001 23:00
Noisy Computer Fixed
I followed the advice from this board and the loud noise from my CPU fan is gone. Mine was so loud, I could here it in the next room. Tech help and customer service couldn't help me at all. Matter of fact, they told me the noise was normal and nothing could be done about it. Out of options, I turned to this board looking for clues.
If you missed the other posts, here is the info I know about. The bad fans are made from Datech. The good fans are made by Minebea co. The part number is Model # BG0903-B044-VTL . The people I talked with wanted the Dell item number. It's 7G538.
I tried the advice from MillMK on his post on 11/14. You can search for his with the title "Noisy fan replacement part number." I called tech support and ask about this fan and they again told me to stick the noisy fan ... somewhere. Not nice at all. I talked to customer service and told them the fan I wanted. They told me it would have a cost of $9. Then I told them to transfer me to tech help. I told tech help "customer service transfered me with the information for a FREE replacement." They said ok and two days later I had my new silent fan.
Now, I have to look at the lights to see if the computer is on.
Good luck to you.
Micah
If you missed the other posts, here is the info I know about. The bad fans are made from Datech. The good fans are made by Minebea co. The part number is Model # BG0903-B044-VTL . The people I talked with wanted the Dell item number. It's 7G538.
I tried the advice from MillMK on his post on 11/14. You can search for his with the title "Noisy fan replacement part number." I called tech support and ask about this fan and they again told me to stick the noisy fan ... somewhere. Not nice at all. I talked to customer service and told them the fan I wanted. They told me it would have a cost of $9. Then I told them to transfer me to tech help. I told tech help "customer service transfered me with the information for a FREE replacement." They said ok and two days later I had my new silent fan.
Now, I have to look at the lights to see if the computer is on.
Good luck to you.
Micah
- I received one NMB fan, I was not satisfied with it, I got another one, and it is the same thing. It is definitely better than the DATECH one, but I can hear that is on!
You all are saying you have to look at the light to tell if it is on or not, well I can definitely still hear the fan noise. This is odd and I wonder if I should get a third fan.
are you fans dead quiet as you say or you still can hear some little noise from the fan?
thanks
- Quiet-Yes. Dead quiet-No. It depends on your environment. If I put the tower on the floor, it is hard to hear anything. With the tower on my desktop, I hear the fan & my drives going, etc.. It is not loud or annoying. It is relatively very quiet assuming NO background noise. Does this answer your question? Those desktops that are "dead" silent are turned off. But put into context as to how LOUD the bad cpu fans are--they are dead silent.
Bill
Dimension® 4300 Series,
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256MB 133MHZ SDRAM,
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32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGP Graphics;
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Posted November 20th, 2001 13:00
I am assuming your problem with the fan was just that, the fan. I am have a problem with a very loud noise when I insert a cd into either of the drives (cd or dvd). I was told by Dell that this is normal with the speed (16X10X40X CD-RW) of my drive. They said the faster it spins, the louder the noise. I can hardly hear my cd's with the "fan sound" that comes out of the computer unit. They did tell me that I could exchange the faster cd-rw for a slower one, and it would be quieter. Is this anything like your problem?
susan
MicahMorgan
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Posted November 21st, 2001 03:00
Nope mine is a 4300, 1.6 256 ram
Micah
Paul_Cussen wrote:
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- What model are you talking about?. Is it by any
- chance the Dimension 8200?.
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- Paul.
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MicahMorgan
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Posted November 21st, 2001 03:00
No joke. Mine is so quiet now, I can't tell it's on without looking at it. Sometimes I can hear the CD spinning, but no fan.
Shhhhh.... here that? It's silence.
Micah
MicahMorgan
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Posted November 24th, 2001 05:00
I do have a noise from the CD-ROM, but my noise is normal. I've never heard a fast and a quiet CD-ROM.
Micah
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Posted November 20th, 2001 00:00
What model are you talking about?. Is it by any chance the Dimension 8200?.
Paul.