OK. I'm impressed
2005-09-25 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearFor some time, my Mini-ITX system has been plagued by a noisy CPU fan. My original plan had been to replace it with a silent video chipset cooler, but a little experimentation convinced me it wouldn't fit. This afternoon at Central Computer I spotted a CooolerMaster Blue ICE chipset cooler -- it had a fan, but I'd had good luck with their fans before so I bought it (for all of $8).
The next challenge was getting the old heatsink and fan off the CPU. After easing the board out of the case and removing the pushpins, I discovered that this was far easier said than done. Humf. Well, I've been in that situation before. I pushed the pushpins back in and swapped the fans, which is what I should have done in the first place.
The results were pretty impressive -- it's a lot quieter. Not
perfectly silent, of course: there are still two motors in there (the
other's in the hard drive; the power supply was already fanless, from an
earlier mod). But it's now quieter than dantooine, which is
the machine I was using for recording before, so it can take its place in
the studio bedroom.
