How to stop 'Noise' originating from front panel?

Hi:
In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.

Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Big
Tue May 13 14:14:24 PDT 2008

violet wrote:
> Hi:
> In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
> hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.
> Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
Replace of noisy component.
Open the case and find out what is doing it. I could be the hard drive,
in which case you may lose everything if you wait long enough.

Pegasus
Tue May 13 14:25:04 PDT 2008


"violet" <violet@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hi:
> In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
> hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.
> Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.

In most cases it's the PSU fan. Replace it, then fix your
clock or your time zone - you're posting in the future.

Anna
Tue May 13 15:00:54 PDT 2008


"violet" <violet@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hi:
> In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
> hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.
> Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.

violet:
As you have heard, if the noise does in fact emanate from a fan, then a
simple replacement is usually all that is necessary. But if you've never
opened your computer case (I assume this is a desktop machine?) and have no
experience installing or, replacing computer components, this could be a
problem for the inexperienced user. It really would be helpful if you had a
friend or acquaintance who has some reasonable familiarity with PC
components and who can assist you with this.

The problem here is that the noise may not be a result of a defective fan
but perhaps it's being caused by a failing hard drive or even some other
component in your PC. You must understand that noise - any untoward noise -
is not a good thing. I trust you are carefully backing up your data on a
day-to-day basis. If you're not, then do so.
Anna

Redneck
Wed May 14 00:57:36 PDT 2008

Posting in the future?
Funny, the "posting"date is normal here
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>
> "violet" <violet@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:e%23TWcxTtIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi:
>> In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
>> hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.
>> Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> In most cases it's the PSU fan. Replace it, then fix your
> clock or your time zone - you're posting in the future.
>
>

Pegasus
Wed May 14 02:06:34 PDT 2008


"Redneck" <red@hills.com> wrote in message
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> Posting in the future?
> Funny, the "posting"date is normal here

The date is fine but the time was about 1 hour ahead of everyone
else. Compare the time stamp of the OP's initial post with the one
from Big Al's reply.

Bruce
Wed May 14 18:26:47 PDT 2008

violet wrote:
> Hi:
> In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
> hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.
> Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.


Replace the fan with a quieter one.

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Bill
Wed May 14 21:20:54 PDT 2008

Bruce Chambers wrote:
> violet wrote:
>> Hi:
>> In my guess, making a constant noise is to come from one of fans, as
>> hearing noise originating from front panel of PC.
>> Is there any way to quit down a constant noise of PC?
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
>
> Replace the fan with a quieter one.

And check out sites such as www.endpcnoise.com, for example, (they have some
quiet fans and power supplies, etc) - and there are other such sites, too..