On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hi list > > My power supply takes warm air from inside the PC case to cool itself. > As Athlon processors (especially >1000 MHz) tend to produce lots of > heat, the temperature-sensitive power supply fans turn faster and > faster, making lots of noise. (When I start the box, I don't hear it at > all, but 10 minutes later, I wish back to my old one...) > So my idea is: I open the power supply, flip the fan so that it blows > cool air from outside into the case, voila, much less noise. Is this a > good idea or rather stupid? > Hello,
thats stupid and dangerous. Dust is pulled into the computer. I had once a big fan on my computer case blowing air inside. Six months later I noticed (by accident) that my cpu fan rotated very slowly. It was covered with dust, so my cpu could be overheathed soon. But a powersupply should be handled with even more care: dust is flamable. My advice: look for a silent fan or a silent power supply. Be aware that the power supply is the only component in the computer with high voltage and therefore it could be dangerous if something went wrong. I learned that the best way to make your computer silent is to put it into another room. Even the lownoise of the cpu fan becomes irritating. Greetz, Sebastiaan
