On Mar 27, 5:30 pm, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2007 16:27:43 -0700, happymac.supp...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >As far as I can tell, there are no fans that are running slower than
> >they should be but as I said: there was slightly more noise from the
> >machine revving up and down before. I have uploaded some images to
> >help you figure it out:
>
> >1)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/back_ventilation1.jpg- Ventilation holes
> >on back of case
> >2)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_fan1.jpg- Case Fan on side (zoomed
> >in)
> >3)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_fan2.jpg- Case Fan on side (zoomed
> >out)
> >4)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front1.jpg- Front of case (zoomed
> >out)
> >5)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front2.jpg- Front of case (bottom
> >area)
> >6)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front3.jpg- Front of case (top area)
> >7)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_side1.jpg- Side of case
> >8)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/cpu_fan1.jpg- CPU Fan
> >9)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/psu_fan1.jpg- Power Supply Fan exhaust (on
> >back of case)
> >10)http://pcwiz.50webs.com/speedfan_readings.jpg- SpeedFan
> >temperature readings
>
> Your links are not working. Primarily the goal was to
> determine what % of the fan intake and exhaust on both sides
> of the fan frame, are blocked by anything.
>
> You might take off the case side panel and point a desk fan
> at the system to see if the temp then drops by a significant
> amount, if it does that is indication enough that the case
> airflow needs improved. If it does not improve
> significantly, it is time to take off heatsink and remount
> it as mentioned below.
>
>
>
> > Here are the details on the case and fans:
>
> >Case: 17 inch tower case "SPORT" brand (I think its a cheap case)
> >Power Supply: 400W
>
> Do you see that telling us this is not necessarily enough,
> we would need some good pictures... they need not be of your
> particular case, just the same case from anywhere online
> unless you have modified yours to differ from the way it
> shipped.
>
> >1) Case Fan
> >Type: FAN DC 12V (with red, green and blue LEDs)
> >Location: On the middle of the left side of the case. Its attached
> >from the inside. The fan is about 2 inches (not sure, check pictures).
> >Wire mesh covering outside the fan,
>
> As mentioned above, the pictures are not working, only some
> gambling site page appears.
>
> The goal in asking for description was one of determing how
> much restruction there is to airflow. A good picture may
> show that, but only telling us there is wire mesh without
> any idea how much it is restricting airflow, does little
> good. Wire mesh could block 90% of the airflow, for all we
> know, particularly if fine enough that it traps dust and the
> environment has a fair amount of dust to trap... the system
> can effectively become the room air cleaner... or not, it is
> a shame the picture links aren't working.
>
> That side fan should be an intake. If you think the mesh is
> impeding airflow too much, try removing the mesh.
>
>
>
> >2) CPU Fan
> >Type: Intel stock
> >Location: on the cpu (obvious) - check pictures
>
> If you think it is not mounted good, you might remount it...
> of course you will then need to clean off the original
> thermal material and apply a tiny bit of grease. If all
> else fails, remount it anyway, just so you know it is
> mounted good.
>
>
>
> >3) GPU Fan
> >Type: graphics card fan
> >Location: MSI Card (chipset: ATI RADEON X1300 PRO)
>
> >4) Power Supply Fan
> >Type: power supply fan
> >Location: inside power supply (covered with a wire mesh, see pictures)
>
> There should be no mesh on the PSU fan. It needs all the
> airflow it can reasonably get. If your mesh is also
> preventing wires from getting into the fan blade path,
> consider a rounded wire (usually chromed) fan guard instead.
>
>
>
> >The room temperature at the time of these reading was 19C-20C (the
> >room temperature is controlled by a programmable thermostat). The
> >above described fans are the cooling system this machine has. I also
> >noticed that there is (I think........) a sound of a wire or
> >something getting caught in a fan. I cant tell which fan and Im not
> >sure if it even is a fan.
>
> ?? You might want to check on that, I wonder why you are
> telling us about such a sound instead of investigating it
> already.


I know the links dont work. *******You have to cut and paste the URL
into the browser******. About the sound, I have investigated it...I
cant find the source.