Can anyone recommend a good heatsink/fan and/or fan?  I looked a Zalman, but I don't have enough room in the case for another 120mm fan, it would bump into my memory.  I need the standard size.  

(I have 120mm ball fans in the front of the case (blowing air in over the HDDs), the back of the case (drawing past the mother board), and on the power supply at the top of the case (also a vent over it on top).  The case is aluminum and stays quite cold.)

It's making noise because the fan is wearing out??  The PC is less than 2 years old and it turned of at least every night.  Is it hurting anything to run it in the meantime, as long as the fan is running, until I find a new fan?

Thanks, AnnaSummers


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dan W. King 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Noise - Processor


Ann,
Your processor would NOT be making any noise.  If it seems like it is coming 
from that area, it would have to be the fan.  There is no sense in trying to 
clean the fan--purchase a new one.  Make sure the new one has a ball bearing 
(it will state so on the box) and not a sleeve bearing.  The fan is usually 
held to the heatsink with four screws.

Good luck.
Dan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "g.Computer9f" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Noise - Processor


There has been intermittent noise (humming, buzzing, chattery humming) 
coming from my PC.  I opened it, thinking it was one of the HDDs, but it 
appears to be the processor.  I can see under the fan that the heat sink is 
very dusty, but I don't know how to get the fan off of the heat sink to 
clean the heat sink.  The processor is the only part that was to hard for me 
to lock in place by myself.

Does anyone know if the dust could be causing it, or if I need to look for a 
new processor?  (This one is only a year and a half old.)    CPU AMD|A64 
3200+ 2.0G 939 512K R (Venice).

Thanks,
Ann Fennell

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