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Donkey_Kong:
This is an older Dell Dimension and the fan sounds like a 737 taking off. Now why do they make these so that it is like Fort Knox to get into...Marketing stradegy is put fan in lock box so when it sounds like crap dumb consumer thinks comp is shot and will buy a new one.


Two pics below. How do ya get this grill off of the back panel? Or the green thing in the other picture?...How does that green thing come out?...The fan is housed inside this green plastic thing.

Yea the reason it looks so nasty...This thing was in a house fire at my dads like 5 years ago!! Still runs ok but is damn noisy.

ChadTower:

You use a Dremel and go in the short way.

Donkey_Kong:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 01, 2006, 12:22:19 pm ---
You use a Dremel and go in the short way.

--- End quote ---

You're kidding right?  The short way?...Like from the back side?

ChadTower:

Looking at that thing it would probably be quicker.

I bet there's a way in the real way but you'd have to take enough out to get the power supply out and find a way into the power supply.  There's no guarantee you won't have to Dremel your way into an enclosed power supply either.

Donkey_Kong:
Chad it is the other fan that is  making all the noise. The power supply fan is ok i think...but the other fan that is inside the green thing is the noise maker.

If you look at the rear view pic it is the bott0m fan...Top fan is the power supply fan.

If you look at the side view pic it is the fan inside that ugly green plastic shell. ---daisies---...what they don't want us playing inside these things  0r what?

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