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laserpp   10-02-2009 at 07:56:14 PM

My computer seem to be getting louder and it getting annoying. Now there is sometimes a ringing noise. Just wondering if there is anything to reduce the sound from the computer? was think maybe putting some foam around the inside of the case.

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wathman   10-02-2009 at 08:57:10 PM

if it's getting louder, it probably means that you have a fan that is failing. Some lower quality fans have a mean time before failure of 20,000 hours, and even cheaper ones may be so low they can't even claim that. If you've had your computer for a couple years, it's probably a fan dying. You could try to clean the blades and housing, that might fix the noise short term, but a new fan would be better. One exception though, if it's the power supply fan that's going out, don't try to change it out. Just get a new power supply unless you want to risk damaging your computer.

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Outlander_04   10-02-2009 at 09:35:57 PM

if its been getting louder over time it oftn means theres dust clogging the heat sinks , so the fans run faster to compensate .

Open the case and use compressed air to clean inside . Electronic shops sell cans designed to do this .

DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner no matter how tempting it seems

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laserpp   10-02-2009 at 09:58:23 PM

computer is prob max a year old, its the antec nine hundred so I got like 5 antec fans in it plus the cpu fan and my corsair power supply fan. I will do the compress air since i do see some dust in it.

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wathman   10-02-2009 at 10:03:32 PM

Antec uses pretty good fans, should have a MTBF of at least 50,000 hours, so probably dust buildup.

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