Some gentle (and not so gentle) work with a jewelers' screwdriver got them squeezed back out, and they're now holding in the GentleTyphoon nicely. I may end up seeing what I can do to rev down the Typhoon, as it is definitely far from silent - but it's also working, which sadly the Noctua was not.

Why don't you first just try it without worrying about the rubber mounts. Just see how it works. I might, except I can't try it until I remove the Noctua, and if I destroy the rubber mounts that are holding that in place, then I won't really have the option later. So it's kind of a pre-req. I'm goi...

Well, the fan has arrived, although I notice the GentleTyphoon doesn't have the nice rubber vibration dampeners that other fans have. Is there any way to reuse the ones that came with the Noctua? I can't see any decent way of removing them, given the manner in which they push through the fan casing ...

This has been extremely informative. Part of me wishes I'd known all this before I started, but I took the naive approach of CFM = cooling. The fan and such arrives next week; I should have a followup then.

Thanks!

Either way it has to go back to a Molex connector, which I don't have - which means more adapters. Personally, I doubt my problem will be slowing the fan down - based on my experience the last couple weeks I need every bit of cooling I can get; it's just a matter of whether I can do that and keep th...

Unfortunately, I don't think voltage adjustments are going to be in the cards. There's just no room inside the DroboFS case for anything additional - heck, you have to keep the fan cable itself trimmed so that it doesn't contact the fan blades. Interesting techniques to use in a larger case, but jus...

Most voltage adjustment products aren't going to work for me, as there are no Molex connectors in the DroboFS, and not even a standard fan connector. Only this type of connector: http://cdn.overclock.net/6/60/60342fc3_vbattach127330.jpeg Does anyone know where I can get an adapter for this? I hate h...

Good afternoon, all. I'm trying to silence a NAS unit (DroboFS), and it's been a bit tricky. The unit has a single 120mm exhaust fan, and the air intake is mostly blocked by the drives themselves. The fan is also connected via a 2-wire connector, so any variable voltage or PWM fans are unfortunately...

Thanks for helping! I tried the lower speed setting in the BIOS - negligible difference, unfortunately. As for the three connectors and two fans, FAN2 is unused for whatever reason. Then again, this motherboard has a USB-capable chipset (root hub shows up in Windows and Linux) but no actual USB port...

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2300 that I'd love to play with - it has two PII400's (not fast, but hey, it's SMP), six SCSI hotswap drives, etc. However, it's also loud as all get-out, and the main culprit is the power supply's integrated fan. The only other fans - 2 120mm case fans - are much quieter, bu...