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# Horse walk
(Larue J'aime le Pâté Chinois, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:29, archived)
# hahahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:30, archived)
# splendid
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:31, archived)
# Ha ha ha!
That is super awesome!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:31, archived)
# excellent :-)
(I helped save b3ta! Octo I ruin everything., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:32, archived)
# :)
:)
(Larue J'aime le Pâté Chinois, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:33, archived)
# Good stuff
and strangely hypnotic.
(I helped save b3ta! Milgigan Double, Single, Single, Double., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:32, archived)
# Road
I love that road, its road 66 :)
(Larue J'aime le Pâté Chinois, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:35, archived)
# hahahahah!
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:34, archived)
# hahaha!!
aceness!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:37, archived)
# Sorry for a TJ:
Just installed my new PSU. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT WORKS. I've never installed a PSU before so I was rooting around for wires, undoing the CPU heatsink etc. etc. BUT IT WORKS. CPU is reading the correct ghz (1596 Speedstepped up to 2400 ghz underload). Haven't blown my motherboard. BUT HOLY SHIT A PSU SHOULDN'T BE THIS LOUD. It's got a 120mm fan. BUT IT'S DROWNING OUT TELLY.

Did I do bad? Or did I just get a noisy PSU?
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:38, archived)
# WHAT?!?
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:38, archived)
# I know my ABCs
(I helped save b3ta! Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:39, archived)
# hahahaha........
(I helped save b3ta! Just Flange, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:55, archived)
# Have you tried switching it off and on again?
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:39, archived)
# Arf!
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:51, archived)
# I belive there are some codez which you are not in the possession of.
(I helped save b3ta! the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:41, archived)
# your fan is probably not fixed on properly, causing it to compensate by going extra fast...
...I SAID! YOU FAN PROABLY ISN'T FIXED ON RIGHT.... THE FAN!...


...OH NEVER MIND
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:41, archived)
# Have you got a wire resting against one of the internal fans?
Alternatively, your PSU could be about to explode.
(I helped save b3ta! Awesome Welles petitioning for foetuses to be rebranded 'wombles', Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:43, archived)
# Okay, so it IS the internal 120mm fan, not the PSU. Why would a wire resting on the fan casing make it superfast?
Anyway, no, no wire resting on it. I have gone from 375watts to 600, but fuck, it shouldn't do this.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:48, archived)
# Oh right, that's interesting. To me.
Maybe that's what mine's doing.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:59, archived)
# wonky fan syndrome
or something in it


EDIT - if it is noisy you can get one of these
www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=pp02
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:45, archived)
# or be like this guy and fill your computer with oil
www.tomshardware.com/reviews/strip-fans,1203.html
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:05, archived)
# I want one!
when i moved house the old Pc hadnt been moved for ages and left a black mark from dust and crap - couldnt clean it out and it was rented so cost ££££ for new carpet. I now add ionisers inside and outside...would be better to have a laptop
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:11, archived)
# A PSU shouldn't be that loud.
Did you buy it from a shop? If so, I'd be tempted to get it swapped for another. It may be that the fan motor is borked and you don't want that failing when you're in the middle of killing the dragon and levelling upzors.
Another question - why did you take the CPU heatsink off to install a PSU?
(salty_sea_dog Pillaging since 1886. Oh, and "Yahaarrrr" as well., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:47, archived)
# Gaz'd.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:50, archived)
# Gaz'd right back atcha
(salty_sea_dog Pillaging since 1886. Oh, and "Yahaarrrr" as well., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:58, archived)
# DID YOU USE THE GEL?
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:51, archived)
# MAN GEL? YES.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:54, archived)
# I also have an absurdly noisy fan somewhere inside my computer, if that's any comfort.
Where are those ionic fans with no moving parts they invented ages ago, I'd like to know.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:57, archived)
# Or have bees inside whose wings create a cooling effect
I have ioniser/fan for mine stops dust (well sorta) - runs off usb, so its a total mess but works
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:06, archived)
# It wasn't noisy before I installed the PSU :*(
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:06, archived)
# I think I upgraded the PSU when I built this horrid thing (from other people's discarded parts).
Maybe that's a rule, that a too-powerful power supply causes other fans to spin too fast.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:13, archived)
# PSU won't affect the parts in your PC
at all. They will still recieve the same voltage. A higher wattage PSU simply allows for more draw on the transformer rails ( I.E. more gadgets running at the same time drawing power ).

best way to check fans is to run the PC with the side off and have a listen, tap each fan in the centre as it is running ( with a screwdriver handle or something ) the offending one should quiet down for a short while. Replace it. Usually case fans go because they are cheap and nasty so just buy a replacement fan ( same physical dimensions, no other figures matter ) Then the PSU fans go as they seem to have the moast load. This can be replaced but for the layman it's a new PSU.
If it is the CPU fan then you need to change this immediately. It will fail and give you no warning. If your motherboard does not have cpu overheat protection built in this will result in the computer shutting down and doing nothing again until you have paid someone to confirm you need a new CPU, sink and fan. In the cases of some old CPUs this can stretch to new mobo, cpu, sink, fan, RAM and even graphics card if your old one was agp. Oh yeah, PSU as well if your old one does not have PCI-E connections.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:25, archived)
# Thing is, when I take the case off it quietens down.
I used it with the case partly-off for a year or more, until I forgot why and put it back on, and now it's noisy again.
I can't afford to replace things anyway so it's all academic unless I can cure it with sticky tape.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:29, archived)
# hmm
you should hold the case in your hands, firmly, by both sides and see if it quietens down. That would indicate the case resonating and the side not being on properly. As I said, fans don't like to be moved after a dew million revolutions and often ( I know how this sounds ) just giving them a bang can settle them down again. I have a PC here that's less than 6 months old and the case fan is acting up from cold. I just give it a kick now and again until it gets up to working temp then it's fine.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:34, archived)
# Kicking used to work
but ominously, not any more. And squeezing the case has no effect. I think it's probably the one on the graphics card. Maybe putting the case on makes it work harder.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:44, archived)
# ah ok.
if you don't plan on changing the graphics card then there are plenty of after market cooling solutions out there depending on your manufacturer. If you don't have a super beast card there are even many heatpipe silent fanless coolers that work. You will know when it is gone because as soon as you put the gpu under load your PC will shut down and restart itself as the GPU overheats and the PC cuts you off to save it.

this could save you some money in the long term.

www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Graphics-Card-Accessories
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:58, archived)
# check the reviews
from the place you bought it. If everyone is saying it is noisy then why the hell did you not read that first. If they are not ten you may have got a fan with a loose bearing assembly, which happens.

Send it back. You have rights under the distance selling laws, but send it back rapid and inform them you are sending it back and ask for confirmation that they know this.

OCZ PSU's now run whisper fans so you should not hear it over the gpu fans and cpu fan.

Also wtf are you taking the heatsink off the cpu for?

PSU change. unplug board power, unplug power to all drives, unscrew 4 screws from back of case. Remove psu. Repeat in reverse for new one.
If you have had to remove the CPU sink to get the PSU out be sure that is seated properly and that fan is not noisy ( old fans don't like being moved when their bearings have worn )
make sure PSU is not upside down and all screws are hand tight in the chassis.

but seriously, if it is noisy at all send it back because the noise indicates the fan will fail before long.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:14, archived)