OK, I'm being forced to post again on SGForums.com again after
all this while...
A while back, the Nvidia graphics card in my computer started
acting weird. I brought it to a computer shop, where I found that
it had already blown, hence the reason why it was acting up. I
decided to do some RAM upgrades in addition to replacing the
graphics card, but then a chain of unfortunate events hit me; in
short, both the motherboard and hard drive somehow blew out too
after the upgrade and I needed to get both of them
replaced.
Now, I'm mostly tolerating this new motherboard, but what I
can't tolerate is the way it makes my case fan spins at high speed
(2400 RPM and above) and making a lot of noise. The CPU fan was
originally spinning at high speed too, but I managed to reduce it
by going to the BIOS settings and setting the minimum fan speed to
a lower setting; the same can't be said for the case fan, whose
settings are disabled in the BIOS. On my old motherboard, the case
fan could spin at around 1000 RPM.
I have taken it back to the computer shop where I got the
motherboard replaced, but the staff there have said that the speed
is hard-coded into the motherboard and cannot be changed. They have
tried to reduce the noise by cleaning it out, but they said that
there is no other way to reduce the noise, even if I replace it
with a new case fan.
I do not completely believe this to be the case (pardon the
pun) and I'm seeking a way to quiet this thing down further;
though it's quite silent now, the hum is definitely quite
more audible compared to what it was with my old motherboard
and it just grates on my nerves just to hear them from where I'm
sitting now. Right now, I'm considering the Nexus 92mm Real Silent Case Fan, but I'm not sure if
it's compatitable with my current motherboard.
In any case these are my current specifications:
I hope someone can help me with this. Thanks.