Re: R10000-150mHz_vs_R12000-300mHz...(?)

From: Atro Tossavainen (Atro.Tossavainen+news_at_helsinki.finland.invalid)
Date: 03/22/05

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    Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@ubb.ca> writes:

    > I assume you've checked to be sure that the honeycomb vents aren't blocked.

    Yes.

    > My Octane is a dual 250 with SE graphics and the PCI shoebox. It should be noted
    > that installing some options will force the system into fastfan mode, which
    > overrides the temperature sensors. (I think the MXI/MXE is the most common
    > culprit)

    We don't have MXI/MXE on any of them. My home machine is a single 175
    with SE graphics and no shoebox.

    > There's two things that cause fan noise: bearing noise and turbulence noise.
    > Sadly the Octane mostly suffers from the latter, so upgrading to higher quality
    > fans won't buy you any silence.

    Right. Won't bother then.

    > The hard drives in most Octanes will tend to be fairly noisy compared to more
    > modern units. You might want to try powering on the system with the drives
    > removed to see if it would be worth replacing them.

    I can recognize drive noise from air flow noise. :-) 

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