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Anonymous   04-25-2004 at 07:40:58 PM

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We have a 5-year old Gateway computer, a G6-450. It has a PII
processor at 450Mhz, 384MB of RAM, 13.5GB hard drive. It came preinstalled
with Windows 98FE, but was upgraded to Windows Millennium (ME) last August.
Considering its age, the computer works fairly well. However, it is quite
noisy. I assume that is the fan?

While browsing thru retail stores, I have noticed PC replacement fans
for relatively low prices. I don't like to tinker inside computers, but the
thought of making the G6-450 quieter is very tempting. Is replacing a PC
fan a simple process, or is there more to it? Also, is there a chance the
PC replacement fan I purchase won't work on my Gateway? For example, here
is one fan I saw at BestBuy recently:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspag [...] pe=product

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Snoopy   04-26-2004 at 04:13:29 AM
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I wouldn't assume anything. You need to isolate the noise before replacing
anything. Maybe a simple cleaning will help quiet it some.


"HistoryFan" <nospam!@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> We have a 5-year old Gateway computer, a G6-450. It has a PII
> processor at 450Mhz, 384MB of RAM, 13.5GB hard drive. It came
preinstalled
> with Windows 98FE, but was upgraded to Windows Millennium (ME) last
August.
> Considering its age, the computer works fairly well. However, it is quite
> noisy. I assume that is the fan?
>
> While browsing thru retail stores, I have noticed PC replacement fans
> for relatively low prices. I don't like to tinker inside computers, but
the
> thought of making the G6-450 quieter is very tempting. Is replacing a PC
> fan a simple process, or is there more to it? Also, is there a chance the
> PC replacement fan I purchase won't work on my Gateway? For example, here
> is one fan I saw at BestBuy recently:
>
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspag [...] pe=product
>
>

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