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Old January 11th 05, 06:00 PM
MaSTeR
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Default 6600 GT too noisy.

Anyone with this problem ?
I have an XFX, 128M AGP. Watching a movie is a pain... Anyone knows if
there's a quieter heatsink replacement around ?


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Old January 11th 05, 11:19 PM
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:00:11 -0000, "MaSTeR" wrote:

Anyone with this problem ?
I have an XFX, 128M AGP. Watching a movie is a pain...


Tried using surround/Dolby 5.1 headphones ?
Keeps out other noises too, like nagging wives.... :-) :-)


John Lewis


Anyone knows if
there's a quieter heatsink replacement around ?



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Old January 12th 05, 12:09 AM
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Arctic Cooling's various VGA Silencer models would fit the bill very well.

That, or up the volume or get good headphones.

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Anyone with this problem ?
I have an XFX, 128M AGP. Watching a movie is a pain... Anyone knows if
there's a quieter heatsink replacement around ?




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Old January 12th 05, 03:52 AM
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Arctic Cooling's various VGA Silencer models would fit the bill very well.
Once they come out with one for the 6600 GT.


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Old January 13th 05, 05:17 AM
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The bolt pattern should be the same as either the 6800's, the FX series, or
the Radeons.

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Arctic Cooling's various VGA Silencer models would fit the bill very

well.
Once they come out with one for the 6600 GT.



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Old January 13th 05, 06:22 PM
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"First of One" wrote in message
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The bolt pattern should be the same as either the 6800's, the FX series,

or
the Radeons.

They don't have anything in stock for 6600.


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Old January 13th 05, 06:36 PM
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If you can solder, this is a fix. Put a 10k resistor in series on the red
wire going to the fan. If the fan turns too slow, reduce the ohm rating
accordingly.

DaveL


"MaSTeR" wrote in message
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"First of One" wrote in message
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The bolt pattern should be the same as either the 6800's, the FX series,

or
the Radeons.

They don't have anything in stock for 6600.



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Old January 13th 05, 11:40 PM
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zalman sell one got the 6600gt, its sitting here beside me until I get my
act together....

check www.quietpc.com

"MaSTeR" wrote in message
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Anyone with this problem ?
I have an XFX, 128M AGP. Watching a movie is a pain... Anyone knows if
there's a quieter heatsink replacement around ?




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Old January 14th 05, 12:43 AM
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John Muir" wrote in message
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zalman sell one got the 6600gt, its sitting here beside me until I get my
act together....

check www.quietpc.com

Which model have you got ? I contacted zalman as well and they told me that
any model would fit on a 6600.
Did you get the heatsink only or even the fan ?


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Old January 14th 05, 06:34 PM
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DaveL wrote:

If you can solder, this is a fix. Put a 10k resistor in series on
the red wire going to the fan. If the fan turns too slow, reduce the
ohm rating accordingly.


Wow, are you sure about that 10k resistor? Seems like that would drop just
about all the 12VDC to almost nothing for the fan.

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