Noisy Processor?

PeteCup · 04-10-2008, 22:49

My processor fan is REALLY noisy, its always been quite loud but its getting near unbearable now. Am i right in thinking that if i can cool it better the fan will slow down?

Grim Reaper · 04-10-2008, 22:51

define noisy processor??? sure its not the bearing in the fan that cools the processor? :/

Nimraynn · 04-10-2008, 22:55

Noisy heatsink fans are a common problem in the HP Compaq d530 PCs that we have at work.

What we usually find is that the heatsink & fan that is used on these processors seems to attract stupid amounts of dust. The usually all attract a little bit, but these attract stupid amounts. We usually take off the heatsink and fan, and take to it with a can of compressed air. Quite often we find a litteral carpet of dust between the heatsink and processor. After giving it a good clean with the air duster, we put it back on and it runs like a dream after that. It also helps with the speed, as now that the processor can be cooled more efficiently, the processor can do a bit more work.

Give it a try!

PeteCup · 04-10-2008, 23:46

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Originally Posted by Grim Reaper

define noisy processor??? sure its not the bearing in the fan that cools the processor? :/

Noisy as in gives me a headache after about an hour of being in the same room as it

Dosnt sound like beraings, just sounds like its working overtime and maintaining a high speed all the time.

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Originally Posted by Nimraynn

Noisy heatsink fans are a common problem in the HP Compaq d530 PCs that we have at work.

What we usually find is that the heatsink & fan that is used on these processors seems to attract stupid amounts of dust. The usually all attract a little bit, but these attract stupid amounts. We usually take off the heatsink and fan, and take to it with a can of compressed air. Quite often we find a litteral carpet of dust between the heatsink and processor. After giving it a good clean with the air duster, we put it back on and it runs like a dream after that. It also helps with the speed, as now that the processor can be cooled more efficiently, the processor can do a bit more work.

Give it a try!

Just removed the processor heatsink/fan assembly and will give it a clean, i have a small hoover and some canned air here somewhere. Will see hif that improves anything.

MSG · 05-10-2008, 00:11

while you are at bit, give it some nice lubrication oil, ton its bearings, that will make it run even more quieter.

bopster · 05-10-2008, 01:22

or just get a silent fan easy

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 09:22

Fan and heatsink are now completely dust free, its made a massive difference to be fair

Still want to get the overall noise of the tower down a bit so will look in to quieter fans

l337 calibra · 05-10-2008, 09:36

I hope you put some new thermal paste on too

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 09:36

I did indeed

l337 calibra · 05-10-2008, 09:38

Cool, just checking

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 09:41

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Originally Posted by l337 calibra

Cool, just checking

Good shout

I have a RAM question too, only have 1GB at the min but want to upgrade to 2GB (2x1GB sticks), just ran a check on Crucial.com and the scanner says:

"According to our scan, your system already has the maximum amount of memory installed"

How can i double check if thats right, because i want 2GB

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 09:43

Just read it again in more detail and in the actual scan it says:

Maximum Memory Capacity: 2048MB
Currently Installed Memory: 1GB
Available Memory Slots: 1
Number of Banks: 2
Dual Channel Support: No
CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz Model 6, Stepping 4
CPU Speed: 3400 MHz

So that makes it look like i can run 2GB

l337 calibra · 05-10-2008, 09:48

Yep you can run 2GB

Also need a bit more info on the memory speed, theres ddr and ddr2, neither are interchangeable

Will be something like pc3200

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 09:51

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Originally Posted by l337 calibra

Yep you can run 2GB

Also need a bit more info on the memory speed, theres ddr and ddr2, neither are interchangeable

According ti the scan im running a 1GB DDR PC3200, i just spotted this http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...m=null&tm=null how do i find out what bus speed i need?

l337 calibra · 05-10-2008, 09:57

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Originally Posted by PeteCup

According ti the scan im running a 1GB DDR PC3200, i just spotted this http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...m=null&tm=null how do i find out what bus speed i need?

Have a look at your motherboard to see the brand and model number then have a look on that brands website to see what speed it supports.

Failing that download CPUZ, click the memory tab and it will tell you the speed is and double what it tells you (Double Data Rate) DDR400 is really 200MHZ doubled. ( this wont tell you the maximum it can take, just whats currently installed)

Then just find suitable sticks.

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 10:08

Motherboard has:

DDR 400mhz
DDR2 533 mhz

And CPU-Z says:

DRAM freq = 200mhz
Max Bandwidth 200mhz

So i'd be safe getting 2x 1GB PC3200 @ 400mhz DDR2?

l337 calibra · 05-10-2008, 10:23

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Originally Posted by PeteCup

Motherboard has:

DDR 400mhz
DDR2 533 mhz

And CPU-Z says:

DRAM freq = 200mhz
Max Bandwidth 200mhz

So i'd be safe getting 2x 1GB PC3200 @ 400mhz DDR2?

Eh, how can the motherboard have ddr and ddr2

If cpuz says 400 then yes 400mhz it is.

Nimraynn · 05-10-2008, 10:44

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Originally Posted by l337 calibra

Eh, how can the motherboard have ddr and ddr2

If cpuz says 400 then yes 400mhz it is.

Surprisingly, I've seen motherboards with four banks. Two DDR and two DDR2. You couldn't use them both at the same time, but you could have either two sticks of DDR2... or two sticks of DDR. If you put it a stick of DDR and a stick of DDR2 at the same time it would scream and commit suicide though.

l337 calibra · 05-10-2008, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Nimraynn

Surprisingly, I've seen motherboards with four banks. Two DDR and two DDR2. You couldn't use them both at the same time, but you could have either two sticks of DDR2... or two sticks of DDR. If you put it a stick of DDR and a stick of DDR2 at the same time it would scream and commit suicide though.

Oh, you learn new things everyday

Jack · 05-10-2008, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Nimraynn

Noisy heatsink fans are a common problem in the HP Compaq d530 PCs that we have at work.

We've got some D530s and some DC5100s (almost identical) and they seem fine.

If your fan has four wires then it will throttle itself depending on temperature (as a general rule). If it has three then it will be running at top speed all the time, unless the motherboard can modulate the 12v line.

But yeah, you've cleaned it out, which would have been my first suggestion. Cool.

Nimraynn · 05-10-2008, 10:52

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Originally Posted by Jack

We've got some D530s and some DC5100s (almost identical) and they seem fine.

We've got D510, D530, DC7100, DC7600, DC7700, DC7800 and Lenovo M57s... The only ones we really have problems with as far as fan noise is the D530s...

Jack · 05-10-2008, 10:55

Blimey, I didn't realise it was a willy-waving competition! In that case we've got 275 DC5700s, 245 DC7800s...

We've just got shut of all our old stuff (including D530s), and they were all absolutely fine. The only machines we do have problems with are the stupid Dell machines.

PeteCup · 05-10-2008, 11:14

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Originally Posted by Nimraynn

Surprisingly, I've seen motherboards with four banks. Two DDR and two DDR2. You couldn't use them both at the same time, but you could have either two sticks of DDR2... or two sticks of DDR. If you put it a stick of DDR and a stick of DDR2 at the same time it would scream and commit suicide though.

I do actually have four banks in mine.