How do you make a Noisey PC shut-up?

[VLC]

hi an happy nu yr all:)

1. since puting a new pci modem in my pc, whenever i logon i hear now a screeching whining shrill just after dial-up, when before my isa modem just made a quiter screechy sound :)
of course it goes away shortly but i still hate it!
- so do i assume its outputing this thru my pc-speaker, an if so how to shut that off?

2. does an amd cpu cause more blow sound than a pent cpu as via the case fan? - an my new amd cpu seems to :(

[iFliPcEss]

hmmm guess matchsticks will help.. lol :doh!: :doh!:

[notnamed]

1. There should be a sound setting somewhere...dunno.
2. No, the CPU doesn't control how fast the case fan blows. The heatsink might be louder however.

[Epgs]

Go into your volume control and under advanced settings there is a modem sound bar.

[Bruce]

Originally posted by notnamed
The heatsink might be louder however. Heatsinks don't make noise...

[Epgs]

Either use these suggestions or throw it out the windows, that will shut it up

[Decker]

LOL , ps Bruce stopped using '-' :classic2:

[Conscript]

try getting the dust out via compressed air. Sometimes clogged fans make noise.

[Webdude]

Sometimes noise from a computer is caused by the carb being clogged on the motherboard which makes the cpu wheel drag against the fifth slot, thus causing noise. Since the fifth slot is a micro transitor unit, it can cause the noise to feed thru the led fibers and on to the speakers.

[Ben]

Originally posted by Webdude
Sometimes noise from a computer is caused by the carb being clogged on the motherboard which makes the cpu wheel drag against the fifth slot, thus causing noise. Since the fifth slot is a micro transitor unit, it can cause the noise to feed thru the led fibers and on to the speakers.
carb clogged? I didn't know computers had carburetors ;)

[Blank Verse]

My suggestion would be the implementation of a Louisville Slugger to the side of the case. If that doesn't work, reboot and try again.

[notnamed]

Heatsinks don't make noise...

If you put them on upside-down they do...:o

[Bruce]

Originally posted by notnamed
If you put them on upside-down they do...:o :confused:

A heatsink is just an aluminum or copper block... it's not possible for it to make noise.

[notnamed]

I meant the heatsink fan.

[VLC]

Originally posted by Epgs
Go into your volume control and under advanced settings there is a modem sound bar. I tried that last month, but there aint a modem vol bar, only phone, an that dont effect nothing.

but i wonder, do modern modems now have built-in fans, tho smaller than one on a vid card?
or is the horrible sound i get, just coming thru the pc-speaker?????

[leamhost.com]

I believe that it is your pc case. I was watching the screen savers and I fount out that pc cases as air is blown onto them it tends to make noise I would reccomend lowering the speed of the rate at which your fans spin. * How ever if you dont know what you are doing I would leave it.

[trenzterra]

Turn down the wave sound via volume control.

[Jan]

Some modems do make a hell of a noise when you are connecting. My first one did and I assumed that was all part of it, but why worry about it? The noise stops when you are connected anyway :confused2 I have been at other people's place when they connect and some were so noisy compared to what I thought mine was.

I like the ADSL modem though, not a sound to be heard :cool2:

[VLC]

Originally posted by Jan
Some modems do make a hell of a noise when you are connecting. but why worry about it? The noise stops when you are connected anyway I dont 'worry' about it - just dislike it, an so wondered if i could close off the sound somehow, if thats on with you :(

ps - mine sounds like a cat sliding down a blackboard with its claws out - beat that:(

[Robert]

I like the sound of the modem, it tells me if it's connecting properly or if I'm in for problems.