Mike, would you contact Silenx for a review sample of their Luxurae Hard Drive Silencing Solution? I sent them an email and they replied: We don't actively solicit review sites to look at our products--we figure it's better (not to mention more ethical) if they approach us. If you want silentpcrevie...

After having my LS-120 serve as a floppy drive after it lost its ability to use LS-120 disks, I today discovered that it has lost its ability to use floppy disks. Does anyone have any suggestions for a floppy drive I could replace it with?

I have a 80mm ultra quiet panaflo undervolted to 5 volts serving as a rear case fan but would like some more air flow while lowering or maintaining the decibel output. So, would replacing it with a 80mm Papst fan be an improvement?

I have a 36.7GB Raptor (non-FDB) that I want to make quieter. Does anyone have links to the various things being mentioned as I honestly have no clue what you're talking about (e.g. EAR Grommet, SmartDrive)?

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/vavdvidakit.html

I have an 80mm ultra quiet panaflo undervolted to 5 volts serving as a case fan. I'm wondering, if I was to buy this, would it make a difference in noise output?

OVI wrote:I've found this to be quite helpful when choosing fans and voltages:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/fan ... nspecs.pdf

Unfortunately, that url doesn't work for me.

Some custom made cables I ordered came in the mail today. Each one is a panaflo fan tail with a molex connector soldered on and a sleeve. I ordered them rather than making them myself because I don't know how to solder. Instead of ordering a 92mm ultra quiet panaflo fan as I had orignally planned, I...

Thanks. By the way, today I was playing Rise of Nations and my PC's overheat warning went off. I ignored it mistaking it for the UPS's power outage warning and kept playing. Then when there was alot of activity my PC froze and for the first time my case was warm to the touch. I reinstalled the rear ...

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/vavdpsudakit.html

Does that lower noise output?

Rusty075 wrote:Pretty close, but remember that dBa is logarithmic, not linear, so you can't just multiply its value by 5/12th.

At 5v it computes out to about 8 dBa for that fan. (if I did my math right )

That is even better.

Would you mind sharing that formula?

If I have done the correct math it should make 17.7916... CFM and 11.25 dBA assuming that it is an ultra quiet model but I'd like someone else to confirm this before I make any expenditures of capital (I have a pile of fans lying around).

Thanks for the advice. I removed the fan and there was a drop in noise output.

Now I'm hearing an extremely high pitched noise (WD signature whine perhaps?). Does anyone know how to get rid of or reduce it without spending a significant amount of money?

My main concern with removing/undervolting my rear case fan is compromising my PSU's reliability since I can't monitor its temperature.

My CPU's idle temperature is 33 degrees celsius, how much of a rise do you think would be possible without risking my PSU?

My system specs are: Intel 2.4GHz P4 Revision C w/Thermalright SP-94 and 80mm Ultra Quiet Panaflo Fan Intel D875PBZLK Motherboard 1GB Corsair TWINX3200LL Rev.1.1 DDR400 RAM @ 2-2-2-5 timings Western Digital 200GB Caviar Special Edition (orignal loud version) - Shock Absorbers installed Western Digit...

I'm glad to hear that you got it up and running. How is the noise level of this cooler? Is it significantly quieter than the stock ATI cooler? I don't have a device to measure decibels so I can't give you exact figures but I did notice a drop in the sound output and it is hard to tell the differenc...

burcakb, thanks for the tip.

Edit: I installed the VGA Silencer and temperatures are down across the board by 2-3 degrees.

My only complaint is that it was a pain installing.

I received a VGA Silencer Rev.3 for Christmas for my (Built by) ATI AIW 9700 Pro. Does anyone have advice (e.g. don't make that mistake) for me before I install it?

I would wait for reviews, and be very very specific about product numbers when buying. WD seem to have a nasty habit of selling a drive, that might or might not have a FDB motor, just random luck which one u get sent. Western Digital's Caviar drives orignally did not use FDB. They started producing...

This have anything to do with this link? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20326 Probably but I wouldn't recommend The Inquirer as a source of information. Anyway, looking at the specs the Non-operating Shock is 100G lower than their other drives so they probably made some changes other than addi...

http://www.wdc.com/en/company/releases/PressRelease.asp?release={35E97E99-7AD0-4D30-A598-0558AAD192B1} WD minimizes WD Caviar drive noise to levels virtually below the threshold of human hearing with its WhisperDrive™ technology, which features a highly efficient power driver design. To reduce seek ...

burcakb wrote:VGA Silencer has a reputedly quieter fan

I'm curious, does anyone know why Arctic Cooling put a product on the market when they already had a superior product?

According to this article:

http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2004 ... dex.x?pg=1

It is very loud when the system boots but then becomes quieter a few seconds later.

MikeC wrote:Stickies are there for good reasons: HDD vibration & noise reducing methods - ranked They tell you info fundamental to silencing.

I didn't see that. Thanks for telling me.

There are so many ways to change the voltage : a fan controller - generic ones are $15 zalman fanmate - $3/fan (unless you use a Y cable and split its output) software - speedfan and fanspeed (MB dependent) the 92mm panaflo is not going to be quieter. Its louder and pushes more air. You could slow ...

that'd help some. Try putting a blanket over the computer - watch the air holes. I used to stack piles of laundry on mine, and I'm still using the same CPU. Wouldn't the blanket catch fire? I am running a P4 Rev. C and there isn't much space around my case where I have it. Just got an antec 3700AMB...

Right now my computer has 5 fans. 2 ultra quiet 80mm panaflos serving as rear and cpu fans, 2 fans that are on my PSU (Thermaltake 480Watt Purepower) and 1 fan (stock) on my ATI AIW 9700 Pro. I plan to replace the HSF on my ATI AIW 9700 Pro in about a month but also would like to change the voltage ...

Last month my computer's video card fan died on me so I sent it back to ATI to have it repaired. While I was waiting for them to send it back, I replaced 3 fans (2 medium speed panaflo fans for rear and front and 1 vantec stealth fan for the CPU) with 2 fans (2 ultra quiet panflo fans for the rear a...