Rafal Dudek
June 16th, 2005, 10:56 pm
Written by: darkblackcrow
Check your CPU, GPU, front, rear and PSU fans for dust. Run your finger along the inside bottom of the case. See a line? Get down to the local computer store and pick yourself up the best £3-£13 bargain you ever did and get a can of compressed air. Make sure the can is upright (or else you will freeze the components) and use the provided straw to clean all traces of dust from the fans and the components as it acts as a blanket on circuit boards.
Next check your fans are properly functioning and turn them up with any physical controllers you may have. Boot up and check your BIOS has the temp. shutdown setting on around 2/3 of the way to the top temp on the list and put the preferred CPU temp to the minimum.
Shutdown and start messing with the interior cabling. Try and get it away from components and fans as well as any airflow corridor (especially from around the hard-drives to behind the HSF). Maybe use the motherboard tray to hide them; those rigs don't have it all hidden just for show you know. Now start on the outside; get all wiring as cleanly away from the cast as possible and use elastic bands to make it one wire instead of 50 where possible. Unplug all cameras etc. from the machine and use as few USB slots as possible. Now make sure the PC is off the carpet (if applicable) by putting an old video (or two) under each end but remember to Hoover first.
Try not to smoke in the room if you can and leave some windows open. Don't leave it turned on unnecessarily. Be sure to keep it away from the wall/desk/floor etc as much as possible. Also cover up (odd as it sounds) any open, empty drive bays, expansion slots etc. with their covers or if you have lost them use gaffer tape. Remember; the fans only need to cool the case; not the whole room. This will also help keep the hard-drives cooler as the exhaust works better and allows for a sudden flow of air (by removing the side panel for no more than 5 minutes at a time) when the fans go mad again.
This should gain you a good few degrees for now; let us know how it goes. (IF the problem really persists look into buying a couple of these as a cheap solution for now until you have some money to spare: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...oduct_uid=23879 )
Check your CPU, GPU, front, rear and PSU fans for dust. Run your finger along the inside bottom of the case. See a line? Get down to the local computer store and pick yourself up the best £3-£13 bargain you ever did and get a can of compressed air. Make sure the can is upright (or else you will freeze the components) and use the provided straw to clean all traces of dust from the fans and the components as it acts as a blanket on circuit boards.
Next check your fans are properly functioning and turn them up with any physical controllers you may have. Boot up and check your BIOS has the temp. shutdown setting on around 2/3 of the way to the top temp on the list and put the preferred CPU temp to the minimum.
Shutdown and start messing with the interior cabling. Try and get it away from components and fans as well as any airflow corridor (especially from around the hard-drives to behind the HSF). Maybe use the motherboard tray to hide them; those rigs don't have it all hidden just for show you know. Now start on the outside; get all wiring as cleanly away from the cast as possible and use elastic bands to make it one wire instead of 50 where possible. Unplug all cameras etc. from the machine and use as few USB slots as possible. Now make sure the PC is off the carpet (if applicable) by putting an old video (or two) under each end but remember to Hoover first.
Try not to smoke in the room if you can and leave some windows open. Don't leave it turned on unnecessarily. Be sure to keep it away from the wall/desk/floor etc as much as possible. Also cover up (odd as it sounds) any open, empty drive bays, expansion slots etc. with their covers or if you have lost them use gaffer tape. Remember; the fans only need to cool the case; not the whole room. This will also help keep the hard-drives cooler as the exhaust works better and allows for a sudden flow of air (by removing the side panel for no more than 5 minutes at a time) when the fans go mad again.
This should gain you a good few degrees for now; let us know how it goes. (IF the problem really persists look into buying a couple of these as a cheap solution for now until you have some money to spare: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...oduct_uid=23879 )