GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
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just bought an advent pc, second hand. The fan on it is seriously loud, not sure if i can put up with it, its quite a powerful pc, and i know the fans have to be bigger and cool better, but this thing is really loud, is this normal? anyway of sorting it?
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dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
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you can usually slow it down via BIOS but it may cause it to overheat.... u cud invest in other cooling options or change fans.
p.s. geek day 
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Planty02
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
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watercooling? 
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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clean it...get your vacuum cleaner for a start..
And check whether there is any hair in it
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punkymt1
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Registered: 8th Oct 05
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Best way is to change heatsink along with fan. If you post the cpu type I can help you choose the right heatsink fan.
The larger the fan the less rpm it needs to move cfm of air. Therefore less dB which results in quieter.
[Edited on 13-04-2006 by punkymt1]
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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you have to locate the troublesome fan, if its the cpu fan there are a wide range of alternatives.
the fans that make the most noise in mine are the two on my gfx card.
get fans that are brushless such as asaka
[Edited on 14-04-2006 by Steve]
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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get anything made by asaka with speed control, quiet, reliable, cheap, pretty/
i recomend asaka amber
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Jamescorsa97
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Registered: 19th Aug 04
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i would buy akasa too........
Also if its a ball bearing fan your bearing might have went.
I replaced my chipset fan with a heatsync.
other than that fans are easy to replace and you can order them relatively cheap
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Dan B
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I've just got hold of an Arctic Cooling graphics-card fan replacement, it's nice and quiet and has dropped my graphics-card temperatures quite a bit...
I'd probably suggest Zalman for cooling CPU or case, although that would be not from personal experience, more from friends in the business who've used them...
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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tbh i'd rather use papst fans compared to akasa - much more quieter!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Just turn the fan down to 7 or 5v.
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