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Fan noise of new PowerMacs?
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Join Date: May 2000
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Are the new PowerMac Quicksilvers as loud as the original?
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Join Date: May 2001
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No. I just added a Dual Gig QuickSilver to my collection and it runs quieter than the 867. The heat sink on the new Dualie is about the same size as the "old" 867. Or to put it another way the Dualie processors appear to take up less space than the "old" single 867 processor.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Oh thank god, I've been wondering about that...my ol' 867 was like my own personal jet engine.
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I understand they are in fact louder.
It's beginning to look like we'll need earplugs to use a Powermac G5.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally posted by OverclockedHomoSapien:
<STRONG>I understand they are in fact louder.
It's beginning to look like we'll need earplugs to use a Powermac G5.</STRONG>
You understand wrong. They are not loud. My old G4 450 was about the same.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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That's good my G4 450 MP is and acceptable noise
Cheers Edd
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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The only thing that annoys me about my quicksilver DP800 is the constant whinning sound I hear inside there (No idea what it is, even without the cd drive running, and after checking the heatsink fan (even unplugged it), I still here the ****ing noise.. which I don't hear outside the case, but when I open it.... must be the hard drive. *shrug*
Oh well, I hardly ever notice my fans, since I'm used to fans, and play music a lot
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Originally posted by Mac Zealot:
<STRONG>The only thing that annoys me about my quicksilver DP800 is the constant whinning sound I hear inside there (No idea what it is, even without the cd drive running, and after checking the heatsink fan (even unplugged it), I still here the ****ing noise.. which I don't hear outside the case, but when I open it.... must be the hard drive. *shrug*
Oh well, I hardly ever notice my fans, since I'm used to fans, and play music a lot</STRONG>
Dude, try this...it worked for me.
Remove the two screws that hold the fan in the rubber shroud above the heatsink. The shroud is so tight that the fan stays in place just fine.
Then place a strip of electrical tape over the slit in the shroud.
That should get rid of the whining. You'll still hear the fans plenty, but the whine should be gone.
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signatures are a waste of bandwidth
especially ones with political tripe in them.
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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The fan in my new 933 is quieter than my G4 400. No doubt about it.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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my 733 (not the quicksilver) is loud as heck. i thought it was just me ... but i kinda like the sound.
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