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Celeron 500Mhz doesn't need cpu fan

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saveyourtime

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I am finally bored by the noise from my emachine 500ix bought 2 years ago. I replaced the cpu fan/HS link, but it was still very noise. I realized that it is the hard drive that makes the noise, and I tested my thought by unplugging the cpu/fan 3 pin wire. First I thought my computer would have soon gone black. But it didn't. Then I ran a calculation task for at least 2 hours without any problem. So I was surprised, and I intended to ran it for longer. This time, it was about 4 hours until there was a sound from the motherboard and the computer freezed. Please note that during the test, only cpu and memory were used and the cpu usage was 100%. So I think for normal use, the cpu should be completely OK. I will test it later and let you know.

The other problem is that the power supply fan also make a little noise and my power supply is only 120W. I wonder is it possible that I can get rid of the ps fan? It seems that I need to cut the red/black wires. Has anyone had this experience?

I will buy a SilentDrive Link to minimize the harddrive noise. Anyone who has used it, please let me know how it is. Thanks!

Running without any fan!
 
You're slowing down your computer due to the increased cpu temp and you are very likely to send it to an early death. Even a quiet, minimally adequate fan would be acceptable.
 
The answer I found was to use a big Athlon Heatsink with a slowish fan on on my Coppermine 566 Celeron, it`s stone cold though I DID have to flatten the metal socket lever on the Slotket in a Vice before it would fit.. even does the Job running at 705Mhz too - I suggest the GlobalWin FOP32 with the pad removed and use Arctic Silver instead, the FOP32 comes with quite a fast fan, just replace it with a silent 60MM if you`re not clocking 🙂
 
Leave the fan attached and run it at +7 volts. This slows down the RPM to the point that you don't hear noise and yet provides decent cooling. A search of AT or the web should turn up a "How to" for doing this. It is very easy to do.
 
I use an AddA 16cfm, 14 dBA (or maybe it's the other way around) fan on an Alpha Pep66 to cool a non-o/c'd 1ghz P3, and it does fine. I have a similar set up with an Alpha 6035 on a P3 733. (If you're interested I can find a link for the fan.) As others have suggested, a big heatsink with a slow fan will leave you with something that's close to silent and still protect your chip.
 
If you've ever worked on Compaqs/Gateways/etc you know that they make their systems as quiet as possible. I was working on a Gateway Celeron 466 with a large passive heatsink and a single 92mm fan blowing air through the power supply and out. It ran very cool. I've seen P2s, P3s and other chips with only passive cooling. I dont think an Athlon would fare too well though.
 
I have found a fan speed controller, Link. I think I am going to buy it and set it on silent mode. But I don't know how to change the speed of PS fan. It is a 80x80x25 fan mounted at the bottom of the PS. It's only 120Watt, and my old computer just has a cpu, HD, 256M, CD and CD-RW. Do you think it's ok to take it off?
 
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