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05-09-2008, 12:49 PM
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| Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK | London
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|  Fan's Getting Noisier Lately, after just over a year of continuous use, my computer's making a lot more noise than it used to. I always thought that was just the general trend with computers, but is there a way to make it as quiet as it was initially? |
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05-09-2008, 02:09 PM
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| Major Moderator Autobot  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space
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| Re: Fan's Getting Noisier Make sure you clean out all the dust and dust bunnies inside. Then make sure you have good airflow in there as well. Should help considerably.
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05-09-2008, 02:11 PM
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| Techie  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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 | Re: Fan's Getting Noisier Probably because of dust. Sometimes the heatsink gets clogged and you won't even know it.
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05-10-2008, 09:58 AM
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| Re: Fan's Getting Noisier Yep dust! I dusted mine the other week for the first time since I got it about 2 years ago - the thing was on the verge of blowing up! needed a new cpu fan, it was disgusting inside. Now its running whisper quiet like when I first got it and 10 degrees cooler! |
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05-10-2008, 12:27 PM
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| Techalicious  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Perth, Australia
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 | Re: Fan's Getting Noisier Dust is my greatest enemy.
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Today, 05:13 PM
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| Re: Fan's Getting Noisier Try canned compressed air or an air compressor if you have one.
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Today, 07:36 PM
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| Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK | London
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| Re: Fan's Getting Noisier Hmm, I guess I could but that would require me spending money. If there isn't any harm in using a vacuum it seems like a good idea considering all the dust is neatly sucked away, as opposed to messily blown everywhere. |
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