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>room
\n> Ah, I dislike the fan noise too...especially when you have a lot of
\n> them on combined with a noisy desktop. I just got rid of my Dell XPS
\n> 700 desktop today. These T221/VP2290b monitors really heat up a room
\n> when you have enough of them running and it is seems unnecessarily
\n> noisy. The noise the desktop made along with the heat it produced in
\n> combination of the monitors makes a great sauna feel with a steam
\n
> sound and that was during the Winter!has
\n>
\n> The hard drive seemed to get louder and louder the more I used it
\n> despite it being defragmented. I guess running SQL databases 24/7
\n
> something to do with it or maybe I just noticed it more...tap, tap,that
\n> tap, tap, tap...so I bought two 32GB Solid State drives for whatever
\n> computer I buy. I plan to put one in the OQO 02 when it arrives and
\n> one in a desktop...I will custom build a desktop this time. I got
\n
> desktop to get me through until Vista was out, but it seems thatmight
\n
> not be such a good idea with these monitors and graphic cards. TheSSD
\n
> drive has eliminated the tapping noise as my databases run. So aget
\n> silent pc and a silent monitor would be great! I can't do anything
\n> about the monitor heat other than lower the brightness, but I can
\n
> a cool running desktop.ones.
\n>
\n> I do want to replace the fans in my monitors too with the silent
\n
> I have learned the following. If you disconnect the fans, then theunless
\n> monitor won't work. Even if you disconnect just one. The LED light
\n> next to the power button will blink yellow indicating a problem.
\n> Therefore, I don't think you'll be able to disconnect the fans
\n
> you do something more advanced than just disconnecting it. Thesesays
\n> monitors produce quite a bit of heat, so I want to replace them with
\n> something equivalent in power consumption so that the monitor
\n> recognizes them. These are DC 24V @ 0.7A made by Sanyo Denki. It
\n
> Brushless, DC Pico Ace 20 Model 109P0624W6D06. They are 3 pin (3sites. I
\n> wire...yellow, black, red). They are 60mm x 60mm.
\n>
\n> Did you already swap your fans out? Anybody know of some good
\n
> recommended this great silent fan site for a friend many months agowrote:
\n> for his coral reef tank, but I can't seem to find it.
\n>
\n> MD
\n>
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "sosantoso" <sabrina123abc@>
\n
> >fine,
\n> > Has anyone changed out the fans on their T221s? Mine is working
\n
> > but I can hear them. I figured there are two solutions to this:the
\n> >
\n> > 1) Replace the fans with a 3rd party 'silent' fan.
\n> > 2) Disconnect the 2 internal fans, and hook up 2 larger fans on
\n
> > exterior and funnel the air through the vents (or even take offthe
\n
> > back cover entirely, but probably not a good idea, don't wantdust
\n
> > accumulation). I figured I could probably do with 2 120mm fans,hooked
\n
> > up to an independent power supply. So, unhooking the two fansshould
\n
> > reduce power consumption on the main board and that should resultin a
\n
> > little less heat and wear?ball
\n> >
\n> > I have recently stumbled onto 120mm fans without the traditional
\n
> > bearings. They use fluid dynamic bearings (FDB). When I changedmy
\n
> > laptop drives from ball bearings to FDB, it was a godsend! Theyare
\n
> > Scythe branded fans, and the techonolgy is supposedly from Sony(fan
\n
> > FDB).
\n> >
\n>