Thread: Fan speed killing me

K i just took off the heatsync fan and put a much bigger one. Now its cooler and no noise

Quote - (Danny D @ Nov 14 2009, 17:47) Can i do anything without buying anything.. this is just a test PC i dont want to spend any money on it. yea get a larger fan and zip tie it to the (existing) heatsink

That does not look like a "SERVER" to me -- looks like some crap someone put together in their garage that you could put in a rack.. The pci slots are not even usable since from what I can tell the cover would not allow you to put a card in them and put the cover back on. Do you have maker and model number of that thing? I could not make out any labels or anything from the picture. That is not "server"...

Get rid of the fan grille above the bottom right fan. It's pointless and only increases turbulence (and therefore noise).

Quote - (Danny D @ Nov 13 2009, 18:37) I just bought a server its only been used for a couple of months. I just plugged it in and this thing is LOUD!!! I opened it up and there is only one fan that is so loud its not even funny. I tried speedfan but that is not lowering the speed. Any idea on what to do other than taking the fan out lol. See that Speedfan is properly configured. It works.

I'm going to guess it's the CPU fan (since you haven't said specifically where the fan is) What size fan? Is it connected via Molex/3 pin/4 pin connector? If it's a fan that doesn't support PWM it's only going to run at one speed... MAX speed, won't matter what software you use.

Quote - (Wuffy @ Nov 13 2009, 21:37) you should also go take a high school computer repair course. There are some nice people about I agree with the comments here though you should re-case the machine, the case there looks really bad and normally the small power supplies generate a bit of heat and the fans are loud. When you re-case it you should obviously change the power supply Them small CPU fans are not the greatest of...

you should look at getting a real server. Take a look at say dells entry level servers. Or if you want a rack server take a look at HP's DL-360's. They have models starting at just over 1k that are pretty decent.

One suggestion would be getting a LAN cable and putting that machine somewhere in your house where you won't be able to hear it. You can just access it remotely with remote desktop if you ever need to access it.

if you dont want noise, use a normal atx case for that system, if you can live with some noise, please get a real server, FTW.