Need To Slow Down The Delta Fan

[plantboydude]

Just wondering if anybody knew of software that allows you to slow down the RPMs of the CPU Fan.
I have a ThermoEngine Heatsink with Delta fan (@7400RPM) on a Athlon 1.33Ghz (266) @ 1.42Ghz, motherboard is A7M266.
Basically, I am trying to make it a bit more quieter.
Thanks

 

[KouklatheCat]

I have not heard of such a program. I think more of the problem with the Delta is the whine it makes which I am not sure can be controlled by throttling.

 

[plantboydude]

Your telling me it whines, make you just wanna go, Oy b**ch shut the h**l up an then give it a good slap.
Anyway I guess you take the good with the bad.

 

[mcvan]

Try running it at 7V.

 

[xcourse]

Swiftnets.com is the website for the Swiftech HSF's that can be gotten with that loud 68cfm Delta fan. Realizing that many people would not abide the noise, they make a rheostat for the fan so that the user can dial down the fan voltage to a point where the fan is turning fast enough to adequately cool the cpu. Go to their website, click on the picture of the MC-462, scroll to the bottom of the page, click on the link to their price list, and locate the rheostat. You can order it directly from them.

 

[FreeFrag]

BP6FSB lets you throttle fans on the ABIT BP6, I havn't heard of a program that works with other mobos tho.

 

[DDsD]

I remember having a lil proggy that claimed to do that... umm have a good look in the depths of Tweakfiles to see what you come up with, but that sort of voltage modifying is not possibly on these boards because of how they are made?

The best bet is just to solder in a small resistor to impede the voltage a little which should make things quieter..else use a fan adapder and a slower larger fan? or perhaps look into sticking is some sound absorbing materioal into your case ?