dpoverlord Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 In the last two weeks I have noticed a Whirring sound coming from my case. The pitch starts out low then goes higher then is just a steady annoying throbbing sound. At first I thought it was the CPU fan since I would see it move then slow down then speed up. Which I later realized was due to the cpu fan I assume adjusting its speed. Upon further examination I found the problem to be the fan on the motherboard which is right next to the PCI Express slot. I believe this is called the Cmos chip fan. It’s a cylindrical style casing with the fan in the middle. This fan never made a "whirring" sound before but its been steadily been getting louder. I was wondering what I can do to get rid of this sound? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praz Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread...highlight=vc-re Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpoverlord Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 My question then is that this problem was known before? my g-card goes slightly over the fan so I did not want to put a big hulking heatsink over it. I just want to get rid of the horrible noise that started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praz Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 The VC-RE is no larger then the stock hsf. But it does a much better job of cooling. If you feel this is not an option and wish to retain the stock hsf the only alternative will be to RMA the board. Although there will be no guarantee that the new one won't exhibit problems down the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Radiohead Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 Have you tried removing the fan and sink,lapping the sink and reapplying the cooler with AS5? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bldegle2 Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 get the VC-RE, it will last much longer than the POS that DFI sends with the boards, and it clears vid cards nicely. oh, and it works mucho better coolling the chip...MUCHO. Laterz, baldy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpoverlord Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 thanks a lot ordering one as we speak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasr Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 thanks a lot ordering one as we speak.Order from SVC or the egg and help the Street out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpoverlord Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Order from SVC or the egg and help the Street out. Got ya will look for the SVC referral link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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