As far as I can tell, there are no fans that are running slower than
they should be but as I said: there was slightly more noise from the
machine revving up and down before. I have uploaded some images to
help you figure it out:
1)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/back_ventilation1.jpg - Ventilation holes
on back of case
2)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_fan1.jpg - Case Fan on side (zoomed
in)
3)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_fan2.jpg - Case Fan on side (zoomed
out)
4)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front1.jpg - Front of case (zoomed
out)
5)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front2.jpg - Front of case (bottom
area)
6)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front3.jpg - Front of case (top area)
7)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_side1.jpg - Side of case
8)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/cpu_fan1.jpg - CPU Fan
9)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/psu_fan1.jpg - Power Supply Fan exhaust (on
back of case)
10)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/speedfan_readings.jpg - SpeedFan
temperature readings
Your links are not working. Primarily the goal was to
determine what % of the fan intake and exhaust on both sides
of the fan frame, are blocked by anything.
You might take off the case side panel and point a desk fan
at the system to see if the temp then drops by a significant
amount, if it does that is indication enough that the case
airflow needs improved. If it does not improve
significantly, it is time to take off heatsink and remount
it as mentioned below.
Here are the details on the case and fans:
Case: 17 inch tower case "SPORT" brand (I think its a cheap case)
Power Supply: 400W
Do you see that telling us this is not necessarily enough,
we would need some good pictures... they need not be of your
particular case, just the same case from anywhere online
unless you have modified yours to differ from the way it
shipped.
1) Case Fan
Type: FAN DC 12V (with red, green and blue LEDs)
Location: On the middle of the left side of the case. Its attached
from the inside. The fan is about 2 inches (not sure, check pictures).
Wire mesh covering outside the fan,
As mentioned above, the pictures are not working, only some
gambling site page appears.
The goal in asking for description was one of determing how
much restruction there is to airflow. A good picture may
show that, but only telling us there is wire mesh without
any idea how much it is restricting airflow, does little
good. Wire mesh could block 90% of the airflow, for all we
know, particularly if fine enough that it traps dust and the
environment has a fair amount of dust to trap... the system
can effectively become the room air cleaner... or not, it is
a shame the picture links aren't working.
That side fan should be an intake. If you think the mesh is
impeding airflow too much, try removing the mesh.
2) CPU Fan
Type: Intel stock
Location: on the cpu (obvious) - check pictures
If you think it is not mounted good, you might remount it...
of course you will then need to clean off the original
thermal material and apply a tiny bit of grease. If all
else fails, remount it anyway, just so you know it is
mounted good.
3) GPU Fan
Type: graphics card fan
Location: MSI Card (chipset: ATI RADEON X1300 PRO)
4) Power Supply Fan
Type: power supply fan
Location: inside power supply (covered with a wire mesh, see pictures)
There should be no mesh on the PSU fan. It needs all the
airflow it can reasonably get. If your mesh is also
preventing wires from getting into the fan blade path,
consider a rounded wire (usually chromed) fan guard instead.
The room temperature at the time of these reading was 19C-20C (the
room temperature is controlled by a programmable thermostat). The
above described fans are the cooling system this machine has. I also
noticed that there is (I think........) a sound of a wire or
something getting caught in a fan. I cant tell which fan and Im not
sure if it even is a fan.
?? You might want to check on that, I wonder why you are
telling us about such a sound instead of investigating it
already.
