[Discuss] noise

[R. McFarlane]

At 05:35 PM 5/6/2006, Daniel M. German, had this to say :

>My Powermac G5 annoys me. I wish I could silence it :(


         It can be done. Build a "quite" box for it and simply hook 
up an external DVD burner. Then the only thing you need to access on 
the computer itself is the power and reset buttons. Of course you do 
need to make sure air can flow in and out still, but by building a 
"box" with sound dampening features, you should be able to reduce the 
noise to an acceptable level.

         Another factor of noise is direction. My mid tower use to be 
under a table with the PS fan blowing to the back. I barely ever 
heard a sound out of it. Now though, this new desk is shaped 
differently and I have to have the mid tower facing sideways which 
has the PS fan blowing towards a wall less than 4 feet away. This 
direction causes the sound to "appear" louder given that where I sit 
has my ear pointed at that wall.


Sincerely,

R. McFarlane

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