So I have an old Dell Dimension 4550 (4-5 years old) to tell you the truth it is still a pretty decent machine. Pentium 4 3.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM running Ubuntu It has 2 500GB hard drives. I only use it as a file server to hold all my music, movies and to do regular backups of my laptop.
It runs fine but when there is nothing else on, you can hear a hum that is somewhat annoying. I know its not the hard drives, because it is a constant hum, not intermittently while I am doing something on it.
Will changing the case fan to a newer quiet one take care of the majority of the noise? I can deal with a small hum of the fan, but right now, in order to cover it up, i need to run the air conditioner in my room to overpower it. The ceiling fan on high won't even cover up the noise.
Any suggestions?
It runs fine but when there is nothing else on, you can hear a hum that is somewhat annoying. I know its not the hard drives, because it is a constant hum, not intermittently while I am doing something on it.
Will changing the case fan to a newer quiet one take care of the majority of the noise? I can deal with a small hum of the fan, but right now, in order to cover it up, i need to run the air conditioner in my room to overpower it. The ceiling fan on high won't even cover up the noise.
Any suggestions?