Is your PC too loud? Solutions...
 

My Win98 finally fucked up bad (virus I think) -- so I decided to go to XP and upgrade some hardware... I got this nice HD from a friend free, we spent several hours installing software on it... I get the machine to my house and fuck if that HD is a whining bitch...

Wheeeeeeerrrreeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmm.... You get the idea. So today I went to the hardware store and designed and built a very nice box about 6' tall x 1' x 1' -- I got my stereo, PC, and speakers on it... My plan is to have the desktop in a carpeted compartment (usually seems to stop the noise) with a hinged door on the front w/ some ventilated masonite in the back... I'm going to try to finish it tonight -- I need some hinges, sandpaper, some orange stain, etc... It should look cool when I'm done -- I'll post some pics...

What are you going to do when yous pc crashes due to lack of ventilation? But if you put vent holes in then youre letting noise out... :2 cents:

just watch the temp....

My Pinto was was one noisey car.
When I installed wall to wall carpeting (literally on the walls and roof) the noise was filtered.

Carpet technique works.

yeah really its going to melt. are you sure its mounted good?

just buy some long cables for monitor/keybord and stuff .. and locate your pc into another room ...

btw: I am still laughing about that pinto story ...

Well the back of the box should be ventillated enough, plus there will be all that carpet on the top, bottom, and 3 walls in absorb sound... if I had only known this damn thing would be so annoying I would have just got a quiet drive but now it's too late I have invested too much time setting up this drive hehe...

Maybe I should have got that Mac with no fans hehe...

I've got too many peripherals that I can't extend...

My old PC got real quiet after I kicked it a few times.

VERY QUIET.

My new one is quiet, too.

Hmm yeah I will double check on that -- I forgot one screw DOH... I wonder if that will make much difference.

You're kidding me right??? You don't love the white noise???

I'm never gotten better sleep than in my last companies server room.... got to love the white noise 300+ servers and a couple 400's can put out!

And no I wan't fired. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Use WD40.

Like others have said, good luck leaving the door closed. There's a way around this though, and it worked for me when I wanted to keep my compartment door closed. Without doing this it got mega hot in there even with the back bottom half of the compartment wide open.

I had a small fan about 5" in diameter sitting behind my desk with a tube attached to it (made of garbage bag plastic and tape) that ran to the front of the compartment up next to the PC's intake fan. This small fan I used made no noise at all, and it put out a decent amount of air.

This is correct. A loud HD is usually a sign of what is called "EG" or "electron grind." The electrons are literally rubbing against each other. A shot of WD40 *will* fix this problem.

water stop noice.. drop it into your bathtub...

That should keep it quiet:

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Give it a try :winkwink:


Rgds,JOKER

Stop dumpster diving in halem for pc parts.

Maybe we can trade dumpster routes... you sound like a pro.

a tricked out server, I luvit

btw, the water cooled systems can be loud as well. 2 water pumps and a 120mm fan on the radiator...

Nice.

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