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tomco2000

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October 9th, 2001 00:00

CPU Excessive noise

My Dimension 8200 arrive today and I am concerned about excessive noise from the tower. In my opinion, it sounds like a loud fan, but the noise does seem to change in intensity from time to time. I work around computers and have other Dell computers and this humming noise is excessive. Anyone else have this type of experience with the 8200? Mine is a P4 1.7 gz

Thanks,
Tom

Tom McCune

171 Posts

October 9th, 2001 00:00

I have an 8100 P4 1.7ghz. I've had it about a month, and for the past 6 days or so, the noise is terrible. I don't know what changed it, and I've thought maybe it was just me and I can get use to it. But I just have to sit down here a little while and my ears are ringing when I leave. I guess I finally call tomorrow night if I get the chance and see if then can do anything about it.

This is now like my 4100 that I purchased about 13 months ago that was this way from the beginning. Dell acknowledged the problem then and did free fan replacements that made great improvement.

Tom McCune

171 Posts

October 10th, 2001 18:00

I replied in an above related topic, so will be brief here. When I ran through the email recommended test procedure, it appears that the hard drive is causing my noise problem.

likchan

2 Posts

October 14th, 2001 16:00

the noise isn't too bad by itself. but when i put anything into my samsung dvd drive, it's incredibly loud.




Pfrey

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October 17th, 2001 16:00

I seem to have the same problem with excessive noise. My wife and I both bought 1.7 g Dimensions at the same time and both were delivered with the same excessive noise. I can't imagine why they were sent out in that condition but I would be interested in hearing more about fixes for this problem if anyone has more info. Thank you.

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