My pc is quiet

fineliner · 02-10-2004, 07:52 PM

I almost got my pc quiet by putting in a Zalman cooler and psu. Now the only thing left thats irritating me (a bit) is a whistle. It's not continuous so can it be resonance? I've got a radeon 8500 gpu with a tiny cooler, maybe thats the problem?
Post if you got any ideas.

ddr · 02-11-2004, 05:05 AM

Try stoping the cooler on the videocard and listen but be carefull!!!You
may damage your videocard!

interman · 02-11-2004, 08:19 AM

disregard ddr's ramblings ;)

the first thing that came to mine was that the whistle could come from vibrations somewhere, but I doubt it. Try listening close to the various components and see if you can diagnose it further. It might be the 8500, but it's not really a card that needs a whole lot of cooling so I doubt that's it, but if it is then it could be smart to maybe try a very big heatsink (preferably copper).

ddr · 02-14-2004, 01:40 AM

to interman:
or you fu..

yes smartass!

fineliner · 02-15-2004, 10:34 PM

Thanks for your reply interman, why didn't I think of that?

I've opened it up and listened, it seems to be coming from the cpu-cooler. There are no wires in its way and changing the RPM to quiet mode doesn't help (besides making the whistle more audible). It's a Zalman 7000Al and I bought it only about two weeks ago. Maybe I should take it back, it's supposed to be a quiet cooler. If somebody has got an idea how to get rid of this whistle, let me know.

NewGamersHell · 02-16-2004, 06:11 AM

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Originally posted by Barney@Feb 15 2004, 10:34 PM
Thanks for your reply interman, why didn't I think of that?
I've opened it up and listened, it seems to be coming from the cpu-cooler. There are no wires in its way and changing the RPM to quiet mode doesn't help (besides making the whistle more audible). It's a Zalman 7000Al and I bought it only about two weeks ago. Maybe I should take it back, it's supposed to be a quiet cooler. If somebody has got an idea how to get rid of this whistle, let me know.

there might be something wrong with the fan. Not performance wise though. Try to return it and get a different one. If it still does it. It could be something to do with a wire in your computer connecting to the fan. Sometimes a wire could make a funny noise before it shorts out. U might wanna open your computer and and look around and trun it on (BUT DONT TOUCH ANYTHING) Just listen around and see if it is from the fan, It could be somthing else, Hope this helps

TTL Kurtis · 02-20-2004, 08:04 AM

thermalright heatsinks are amazing, and you can get a papst fan or something so its nice and quiet, and you'll still get good cooling... the zalman may have a messed up fan on it though and that may be the whole problem, so you may want to check into that

02-10-2004, 07:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
fineliner is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Holland Posts: 122 Hellbux: 2,612	I almost got my pc quiet by putting in a Zalman cooler and psu. Now the only thing left thats irritating me (a bit) is a whistle. It's not continuous so can it be resonance? I've got a radeon 8500 gpu with a tiny cooler, maybe thats the problem? Post if you got any ideas. __________________ If our brains were simple enough to comprehend we wouldn't be able to understand them.

02-11-2004, 08:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
interman Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,167 Hellbux: 90,980	disregard ddr's ramblings ;) the first thing that came to mine was that the whistle could come from vibrations somewhere, but I doubt it. Try listening close to the various components and see if you can diagnose it further. It might be the 8500, but it's not really a card that needs a whole lot of cooling so I doubt that's it, but if it is then it could be smart to maybe try a very big heatsink (preferably copper). __________________

02-15-2004, 10:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
fineliner is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Holland Posts: 122 Hellbux: 2,612	Thanks for your reply interman, why didn't I think of that? I've opened it up and listened, it seems to be coming from the cpu-cooler. There are no wires in its way and changing the RPM to quiet mode doesn't help (besides making the whistle more audible). It's a Zalman 7000Al and I bought it only about two weeks ago. Maybe I should take it back, it's supposed to be a quiet cooler. If somebody has got an idea how to get rid of this whistle, let me know. __________________ If our brains were simple enough to comprehend we wouldn't be able to understand them.

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02-11-2004, 05:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
ddr is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ukraine(Lviv) Posts: 246 Hellbux: 5,910	Try stoping the cooler on the videocard and listen but be carefull!!!You may damage your videocard!

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ddr is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ukraine(Lviv) Posts: 246 Hellbux: 5,910	to interman: or you fu.. yes smartass!

02-20-2004, 08:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
TTL Kurtis is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 10 Hellbux: 637	thermalright heatsinks are amazing, and you can get a papst fan or something so its nice and quiet, and you'll still get good cooling... the zalman may have a messed up fan on it though and that may be the whole problem, so you may want to check into that