8400 Fan Noise

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I read there were problems with the Dell 8400 fan making excess noise and
mine sounds like it's going to take off when running intense 3D
applications. I ran the diagnostic and the fan test failed intermitenly so I
had the fan replaced.

The fan still sounds like my PC it's going to take off in 3D apps. Anyone
had this issue and had it remedied by Dell?

 

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Bob,
My 8400 is rather quite, but then I have the Radeon 300 which doesn't
have a fan. Perhaps you have the higher end video card which does have its
own fan. Perhaps you changed the wrong fan. Just a thought.
Paul

"Bob Rowlands" <brow1@garlic.com> wrote in message
news:10tg81pnog3s8f1@corp.supernews.com...
>I read there were problems with the Dell 8400 fan making excess noise and
>mine sounds like it's going to take off when running intense 3D
>applications. I ran the diagnostic and the fan test failed intermitenly so
>I had the fan replaced.
>
> The fan still sounds like my PC it's going to take off in 3D apps. Anyone
> had this issue and had it remedied by Dell?
>

 

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I have the ATI 800 128MB with a fan and I thought of that too, but when I
run the Dell fan diagnostic the CPU fan noise is the same at high RPM
without graphics.

 

[ricardo]

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Bob Rowlands wrote:
> I read there were problems with the Dell 8400 fan making excess noise and
> mine sounds like it's going to take off when running intense 3D
> applications. I ran the diagnostic and the fan test failed intermitenly so I
> had the fan replaced.
>
> The fan still sounds like my PC it's going to take off in 3D apps. Anyone
> had this issue and had it remedied by Dell?
What is the name of the tool you ran to check your fan and where did you
get it?
TIA
ricardo

 

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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:30:11 +1100, ricardo <me@myself.com> wrote:

>Bob Rowlands wrote:
>> I read there were problems with the Dell 8400 fan making excess noise and
>> mine sounds like it's going to take off when running intense 3D
>> applications. I ran the diagnostic and the fan test failed intermitenly so I
>> had the fan replaced.
>>
>> The fan still sounds like my PC it's going to take off in 3D apps. Anyone
>> had this issue and had it remedied by Dell?
>What is the name of the tool you ran to check your fan and where did you
>get it?

Either F12 during boot - System Diagnostic or use your blue
rescource-cd.