Noisy AMD fan on ASUS k8V-X

The fan on my retail AMD64 3000+ gets very noisy when CPU usage goes
over 50%. I have noticed that the fan speed then goes upto around
6000rpm. Is this fan supposed to be so noisy?

"xxx73" wrote in message
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The fan on my retail AMD64 3000+ gets very noisy when CPU usage goes
over 50%. I have noticed that the fan speed then goes upto around
6000rpm. Is this fan supposed to be so noisy?

It speeds up when the CPU starts to get hot. I run a Seti (100% usage) so I
keep the side off the case for better cooling. Otherwise the fan sounds like
it ready to take off. With the side off I can't hear it.

On 21 Nov 2004 05:41:27 -0800, (xxx73) wrote:

The fan on my retail AMD64 3000+ gets very noisy when CPU usage goes
over 50%. I have noticed that the fan speed then goes upto around
6000rpm. Is this fan supposed to be so noisy?

Any fan will be noisy at that speed. You could put a zalman fanmate in
between in order to reduce the max. voltage for the fan.

Otherwise deselect the Cool-and-Quiet option, and regulate the fan
speed down permanently by some hardware means.

best regards

John