Fan Noise: is it an issue? I heard issues of fan noise with models containing HDDs. Any idea if it affects the 6-cell models, too? I appreciate any help!
2057414
Acer just released a BIOS update which fixes the fan problems:http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal20.cfm?recordid=5593&formid;=3394&webs;ite=AcerPanAm.com&siteid;=7117&words;=all&k;eywords=&areaid;=2
2020706
Fan noise is not that bad; at least for the 3-cell, 120 G model I bought. It's as quiet as a normal laptop computer.
2057415
Fan has two intensity modes, normal and high. Under normal intensity the fan is pretty quiet. After prolonged or heavy use high-intensity mode kicks in and the fan sound is more audible but not annoying. It is not louder than a typical laptop computer.After I installed Vista and upgraded to the latest Intel 945 graphics driver (to run Aero), the high intensity fan mode kicks in quite a lot. But, afer I installed the latest bios v3304 the fan operation is again pretty quiet. See www.aspireoneuser.com for info on upgrading the bios.
2231602
Right now I have 9 fans in it total not including the fans on like the video card and stuff. Only 2 of them are the quiet edition fans, the rest are either the fans that come with it or other corsair static pressure fans I have had extra. It's honestly pretty friggin quiet even like that. I would think you would be safe filling it completely up, especially with quiet edition fans. I mean you may hear some slight noise cause of so many fans but that is normal really. Like I said, I have those 9 fans in it right now and it is super quiet, those fans take up all but like 2 or 3 spots in the case. Now I'm not including the spots at the bottom where you take off the cent stuff, but even then I don't think it would be loud. I'm kind of a quiet freak myself and it doesn't bother me, just make sure your fans have rubber one them to help with vibration haha. It's an amazing case, definitely worth the money. It's quiet, huge, lots of space for cards and cable management. I would definitely get it :)
1844126
I also bought this laptop recently and am also hearing the strange hard drive noise. It's like a squeaking sound. As long as the hard drive functions well it's not an issue, but if this is a precursor to hard drive failure then I'd be worried.
1831339
No, I don't have that problem. I never noticed a fan running until I read this email. Now, I can hear a slight hum occasionally. But nothing you should ever notice. Yours is not right.
621420
I purchased an XBR4 46" the last week of December. It had a fan noise or hum right out of the box. I have it on a table, so there are no enclosure issues here. I also have it plugged into its own outlet and not a power strip with other devices. The noise is very irritating especially since I know other people that own the XBR sets and they are dead silent. I returned to Amazon. It was painless. My new set was just delivered this past week and it is every bit a noisy as my first one. I love the picture but hate the noise. I also don't think the noise is normal or acceptable. I will contact Amazon this week to see what they are willing to do. I purchased an XBR4 46" the last week of December. It had a fan noise or hum right out of the box. I have it on a table, so there are no enclosure issues here. I also have it plugged into its own outlet and not a power strip with other devices. The noise is very irritating especially since I know other people that own the XBR sets and they are dead silent. I returned to Amazon. It was painless. My new set was just delivered this past week and it is every bit a noisy as my first one. I love the picture but hate the noise. I also don't think the noise is normal or acceptable. I will... » Read More I purchased an XBR4 46" the last week of December. It had a fan noise or hum right out of the box. I have it on a table, so there are no enclosure issues here. I also have it plugged into its own outlet and not a power strip with other devices. The noise is very irritating especially since I know other people that own the XBR sets and they are dead silent. I returned to Amazon. It was painless. My new set was just delivered this past week and it is every bit a noisy as my first one. I love the picture but hate the noise. I also don't think the noise is normal or acceptable. I will contact Amazon this week to see what they are willing to do. « Show Less
474262
You can get adapters to convert the Molex connectors to 3-pin connectors. Then those fans can be plugged into motherboard fan headers or a controller.Personally, I never bothered. I plugged mine straight into the power supply and have never had a problem with noise or heat. AMD 1090T, multiple drives, GTX 660, Corsair H50, no big deal. The fans are simply too big to generate much noise.
777946
The only noise you should hear is the drive spinning, I wouldn't classify that as a buzzing noise. There really shouldn't be any noticeable noise at all!! I've had for over two years and have used in some rough environments, no issues at all!
200717
The fans get pretty loud when gaming. They must be doing their job because I have not had an overheat problem yet. I wear head phones most of the time so the fan noise is no problem. I usually play with every thing maxed out as much as possible with no problems yet. The only thing I would recommend is get an MSI with a larger SSD than 128 Gig, it fills up very fast with todays games and it would be worth it. That is the only thing I wish I had done, other than that this thing is awesome.
2097066
mine makes noise too, many HDD's do make noise, especially at the higher speeds.
2215628
In my opinion they're not any louder than a Cd drive when it first boots up. I had an enclosure built around mine (for ascetics) and the back is accessible via a side doorway, so I hear almost 0 bleed thru on the fans. However, without the enclosure it's really not that loud either. The fans are located at the very top and the cabinet does a good job of containing most of the sound. Hope it helps!
24214
A good percentage of reviewers find the cooling fan noise a problem, ranging from an annoyance to reason enough to return the set. That's a "defect" -- not in the individual unit, but definitely in the design. If there were a red splotch in the corner of the screen, and the manual said it was normal, would that make it acceptable?
1605726
I also just bought the laptop and I am hearing this weird clicking sounds constantly! I called tech support and they said it was part of the HDD Protection Settings, so I turned it off and the noise stopped briefly but came back. I think I will have to call again because this is noisier than the 2007 laptop I had before. If it doesn't stop I will return the laptop.
2050363
I connected mine to the molex connector and set the speed to medium (using the switch on the fan). The high speed was a little too loud for me. At medium, I can barely hear the fan.If you are concerned about heat, then download an application (like hw monitor), so you can keep tabs on the hardware temps. If you are concerned about noise, then set the fan to low/medium. With my fan set to medium, I don't have any issues with heat, but every case/hardware configuration is different.
24215
We just purchased a Sony 40XBR4 less than a week ago and are extremely annoyed with the loud fan noise. We returned the first one and this one is even noiser. Did you buy a Samsung 71F or 69F? If so, are you happy with it? Any fan noise?D O'Reilly
1029151
Be careful - mine started making clicking sounds at the same location one night and promptly crashed an hour later, so I'm guessing it was the hard drive. I managed to reboot and reinstall using the "ghost" behind the preinstalled partition, and it functioned just fine for the next couple months until today, when I started hearing squeaky noises from the same area. I promptly shut it down and haven't opened it back up yet, but a quick search of the Asus forums also suggests hard drive issues. I've had this netbook for about 15 months, so I'm a little disappointed but not surprised I'm running into problems. You should definitely back up all your files (good practice in general anyway)!
589892
I have 5 in my system, I cannot hear them at all. Not at boot up, not when transferring, not when drives wake from idle -- just dead silent. And my pc is a near silent system, running Noctua fans under volted at around 700 rpms, so it's not producing fan noise that might muffle hdd noise.
2103744
The fan isn't any louder then a normal case fan. Most of noise comes from the hard drives spinning, which can vary from none if using ssds or very loud if using something that is 10k plus.