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- From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
- Subject: Re: Anyway to REDUCE NOISE from Gateway 2000 Desktop 486?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.152116.9261@walter.cray.com>
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 15:21:16 CST
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- Richard Baughman (rich@bostech.com) wrote:
- : I find that the fan seems to be making most of the noise. I'm considering
- : buying a super-quiet fan/power supply from a third party. I think it's
- : called Turbo-Cool. Problem is, I'd have a perfectly good power supply to get
- : rid of. Does anyone know if you can buy just the fan, or does it have to
- : be integrated with the power supply to work correctly and efficiently?
- : --
- : Rich Baughman / Boston Technology / Wakefield, MA
- : rich@bostech.com
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- Wait! Before you buy another power supply, unplug the hard disk and
- see if the noise goes away. The WD drives are screamers. I had
- mistakenly thought it was the fan at first with my GW2K system also.
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- --
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- Tom Huot
- huot@cray.com
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