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OneGrassRoot

(23,665 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 10:02 AM Feb 2021

LOUD-ass computer [View all]

I have a LOUD computer. The fan sounds like an airplane. We've been investigating the possible cause of this for months - it's not hidden programs running, the inside has been vacuumed, nothing works. This computer happens to have a brand new hard drive installed.

What I've been told is that the layout of that housing isn't ideal. It's not a matter of getting a new fan, it's that the layout is such that cooling (not liquid) isn't possible.

SO, my question is can I use an older CPU housing and replace it with this new hard drive? It is old though, so I don't know about compatibility. (Actually I wouldn't be doing anything as I am not an IT person.)

I have these two computers. One hella old, the other loud AF.

I hate the idea of wasting a new hard drive by having to get a new computer altogether. If it were possible to replace an older computer, in which the hard drive is indeed failing, with the new hard drive -- and maybe even replace the fan or anything else that seems to be wearing down due to age and use -- that may be the most expedient, least wasteful approach, it seems.

Alternately, is it possible to buy just the housing -- newer housing -- in which to install a new hard drive? I don't even know if housing is the right word...lol.

Thanks in advance for suggestions!

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LOUD-ass computer [View all] OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 OP
It could be relaid out. Find a tech who's been in the same location for at least a couple of year .. marble falls Feb 2021 #1
Is that harder on the cased computer/CPU? OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #5
No. I'll do it if I'm traveling and I don't want to carry my lap top. I just bring a hard-drive ... marble falls Feb 2021 #7
Ok, thank you! n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #11
Yes you can get a hard drive case with usb connection... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2021 #2
Okay, thank you! n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #21
Maybe Timewas Feb 2021 #3
SD's are a grat HD solution - low energy, no moving parts, fast, totally silent themselves ... marble falls Feb 2021 #9
Pretty much Timewas Feb 2021 #19
I would want to know a little more BootinUp Feb 2021 #4
It's a Dell Optiplex 790 - refurbished OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #13
Dell doesn't make airplane simulators. So BootinUp Feb 2021 #18
you are mixing up a bunch of stuff here..... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #6
It's a desktop... OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #14
Another way to tell Timewas Feb 2021 #20
Is it fans? bullimiami Feb 2021 #8
Thanks very much for those suggestions! n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #17
One more comment. Replacing hard drives BootinUp Feb 2021 #10
Gotcha... OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #15
Consider replacing the fan Miguelito Loveless Feb 2021 #12
Okay. Thanks very much! n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #16
Boot into the BIOS and see if there is a fan control setting. eppur_se_muova Feb 2021 #22
Thank you very much. n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #23
I had a loud computer and thought it was the fans... hunter Feb 2021 #24
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